Triple

T13870920
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject MacGyver E333446 entity
Predicate characterPortrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Angus MacGyver – Richard Dean Anderson
Angus MacGyver – Richard Dean Anderson is the resourceful, improvisational secret agent protagonist of the television series "MacGyver," famed for solving problems with everyday objects instead of weapons.
E333446 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: Angus MacGyver – Richard Dean Anderson | Statement: [MacGyver, characterPortrayedBy, Angus MacGyver – Richard Dean Anderson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Angus MacGyver – Richard Dean Anderson
Context triple: [MacGyver, characterPortrayedBy, Angus MacGyver – Richard Dean Anderson]
  • A. Peter Thornton on MacGyver
    Peter Thornton on MacGyver is the fictional Phoenix Foundation director and close friend and handler of Angus MacGyver in the action-adventure television series MacGyver.
  • B. MacGyver
    MacGyver is an American action-adventure television series about a resourceful secret agent who solves complex problems using everyday materials and scientific ingenuity.
  • C. Luke McCoy – Richard Crenna
    Luke McCoy, portrayed by Richard Crenna, is one of the central family members in the classic American television sitcom "The Real McCoys," known for its depiction of a rural West Virginia family adjusting to life on a California farm.
  • D. Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith in "The A-Team"
    Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith is the cigar-chomping, disguise-loving leader and master tactician of the fugitive mercenary team in the action-adventure television series "The A-Team."
  • E. Patrick Macnee
    Patrick Macnee was a British actor best known for his role as the suave secret agent John Steed in the television series "The Avengers."
  • 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: Angus MacGyver – Richard Dean Anderson
Triple: [MacGyver, characterPortrayedBy, Angus MacGyver – Richard Dean Anderson]
Generated description
Angus MacGyver – Richard Dean Anderson is the resourceful, improvisational secret agent protagonist of the television series "MacGyver," famed for solving problems with everyday objects instead of weapons.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Angus MacGyver – Richard Dean Anderson
Target entity description: Angus MacGyver – Richard Dean Anderson is the resourceful, improvisational secret agent protagonist of the television series "MacGyver," famed for solving problems with everyday objects instead of weapons.
  • A. Peter Thornton on MacGyver
    Peter Thornton on MacGyver is the fictional Phoenix Foundation director and close friend and handler of Angus MacGyver in the action-adventure television series MacGyver.
  • B. MacGyver chosen
    MacGyver is an American action-adventure television series about a resourceful secret agent who solves complex problems using everyday materials and scientific ingenuity.
  • C. Luke McCoy – Richard Crenna
    Luke McCoy, portrayed by Richard Crenna, is one of the central family members in the classic American television sitcom "The Real McCoys," known for its depiction of a rural West Virginia family adjusting to life on a California farm.
  • D. Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith in "The A-Team"
    Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith is the cigar-chomping, disguise-loving leader and master tactician of the fugitive mercenary team in the action-adventure television series "The A-Team."
  • E. Patrick Macnee
    Patrick Macnee was a British actor best known for his role as the suave secret agent John Steed in the television series "The Avengers."
  • F. None of above.

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_69d81c5ced9c8190b0e9bcc6effe5959 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de05c638248190bbe5d19f7b88d0f9 completed April 14, 2026, 9:15 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.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:14 p.m.