Triple

T13870916
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject MacGyver E333446 entity
Predicate previousEmployerOfProtagonist P1910 FINISHED
Object Department of External Services
The Department of External Services is a fictional U.S. government agency in the television series "MacGyver," where the resourceful protagonist works as a secret operative handling covert missions.
E1065400 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Department of External Services | Statement: [MacGyver, previousEmployerOfProtagonist, Department of External Services]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of External Services
Context triple: [MacGyver, previousEmployerOfProtagonist, Department of External Services]
  • A. Department of Management Services
    The Department of Management Services is a Florida state government agency responsible for providing administrative, business, and workforce support services to other state agencies and public entities.
  • B. Department of General Services
    The Department of General Services is a municipal agency in the Town of Hempstead responsible for providing centralized support services, maintenance, and operational functions for the town’s government facilities and operations.
  • C. External Services Division
    The External Services Division is the international broadcasting arm of All India Radio that transmits news, cultural programs, and information about India to audiences abroad in multiple languages.
  • D. Corporate Services Directorate
    The Corporate Services Directorate is an administrative division of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat responsible for providing internal support functions such as finance, human resources, and general corporate administration.
  • E. Corporate Services Directorate
    The Corporate Services Directorate is the European Defence Agency’s administrative branch responsible for managing its internal support functions, including finance, human resources, and general corporate governance.
  • 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: Department of External Services
Triple: [MacGyver, previousEmployerOfProtagonist, Department of External Services]
Generated description
The Department of External Services is a fictional U.S. government agency in the television series "MacGyver," where the resourceful protagonist works as a secret operative handling covert missions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of External Services
Target entity description: The Department of External Services is a fictional U.S. government agency in the television series "MacGyver," where the resourceful protagonist works as a secret operative handling covert missions.
  • A. Department of Management Services
    The Department of Management Services is a Florida state government agency responsible for providing administrative, business, and workforce support services to other state agencies and public entities.
  • B. Department of General Services
    The Department of General Services is a municipal agency in the Town of Hempstead responsible for providing centralized support services, maintenance, and operational functions for the town’s government facilities and operations.
  • C. External Services Division
    The External Services Division is the international broadcasting arm of All India Radio that transmits news, cultural programs, and information about India to audiences abroad in multiple languages.
  • D. Corporate Services Directorate
    The Corporate Services Directorate is an administrative division of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat responsible for providing internal support functions such as finance, human resources, and general corporate administration.
  • E. Corporate Services Directorate
    The Corporate Services Directorate is the European Defence Agency’s administrative branch responsible for managing its internal support functions, including finance, human resources, and general corporate governance.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: previousEmployerOfProtagonist
Context triple: [MacGyver, previousEmployerOfProtagonist, Department of External Services]
  • A. formerEmployer chosen
    Indicates that one entity previously employed the other but no longer does so.
  • B. previousCorporateAffiliation
    Indicates that an entity was formerly employed by, associated with, or part of a specified corporate organization before its current status or affiliation.
  • C. parentEmployer
    Indicates that one organization is the direct or higher-level employer of another organization or entity.
  • D. employerIn
    Indicates that one entity serves as the employer of another within a specified context, such as a location, organization, or time period.
  • E. earlierOccupation
    Indicates that one occupation held by an entity occurred before another occupation in that entity’s work history.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69d81c5ced9c8190b0e9bcc6effe5959 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de23a101488190bd790b28033d38b9 completed April 14, 2026, 11:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7c107c20c81909dff0ca4a59fcc55 completed May 3, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7c20da9448190b3167b091bd39b94 completed May 3, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7c2cc63148190b9ca2828abe54286 completed May 3, 2026, 9:49 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69de05972f3881909977b4c843984f88 completed April 14, 2026, 9:15 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:14 p.m.