Triple

T13580696
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Pankow E324407 entity
Predicate characterRole P268 FINISHED
Object Ira Buchman
Ira Buchman is a central character on the television sitcom "Mad About You," known as Paul Buchman’s affable and often hapless cousin.
E1213538 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Ira Buchman | Statement: [John Pankow, characterRole, Ira Buchman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ira Buchman
Context triple: [John Pankow, characterRole, Ira Buchman]
  • A. Ira Pittelman
    Ira Pittelman is a Tony Award–winning American theatre producer best known for his work on the groundbreaking rock musical "Spring Awakening."
  • B. Ira Hirschmann
    Ira Hirschmann was an American businessman and diplomat best known for his World War II efforts to rescue Jews from the Holocaust and his later work in international affairs.
  • C. Ira Chernus
    Ira Chernus is an American scholar of religion and political commentator known for his writings on U.S. foreign policy, empire, and the cultural dimensions of American politics.
  • D. Ira Bernstein
    Ira Bernstein is an American theatrical producer best known as the longtime husband of actress and television icon Florence Henderson.
  • E. Sidney Buchman
    Sidney Buchman was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work in Hollywood during the 1930s–1950s, including notable collaborations with major studios and directors.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Ira Buchman
Triple: [John Pankow, characterRole, Ira Buchman]
Generated description
Ira Buchman is a central character on the television sitcom "Mad About You," known as Paul Buchman’s affable and often hapless cousin.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ira Buchman
Target entity description: Ira Buchman is a central character on the television sitcom "Mad About You," known as Paul Buchman’s affable and often hapless cousin.
  • A. Ira Pittelman
    Ira Pittelman is a Tony Award–winning American theatre producer best known for his work on the groundbreaking rock musical "Spring Awakening."
  • B. Ira Hirschmann
    Ira Hirschmann was an American businessman and diplomat best known for his World War II efforts to rescue Jews from the Holocaust and his later work in international affairs.
  • C. Ira Chernus
    Ira Chernus is an American scholar of religion and political commentator known for his writings on U.S. foreign policy, empire, and the cultural dimensions of American politics.
  • D. Ira Bernstein
    Ira Bernstein is an American theatrical producer best known as the longtime husband of actress and television icon Florence Henderson.
  • E. Sidney Buchman
    Sidney Buchman was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work in Hollywood during the 1930s–1950s, including notable collaborations with major studios and directors.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69d80769100c819099111274614f5ed2 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbb03052088190a2b68c106059828e completed April 12, 2026, 2:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a004568c93c81908450887f72de8466 completed May 10, 2026, 8:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0045c351f481908368f6bcab56851e completed May 10, 2026, 8:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00465f66608190af8f07eba3f28f85 completed May 10, 2026, 8:48 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:48 p.m.