Triple

T14853804
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shades of Blue E349298 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Michael Esper
Michael Esper is an American actor known for his work in television, film, and on Broadway, including roles in series like "Shades of Blue" and numerous acclaimed stage productions.
 E1124065 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: Michael Esper | Statement: [Shades of Blue, starring, Michael Esper]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael Esper
Context triple: [Shades of Blue, starring, Michael Esper]
  • A. Michael Froman
    Michael Froman is an American lawyer and trade official who served as the U.S. Trade Representative under President Barack Obama.
  • B. Mark Esper
    Mark Esper is an American defense official and former U.S. Secretary of Defense who served under President Donald Trump.
  • C. David Malpass
    David Malpass is an American economist and former U.S. Treasury official who served as President of the World Bank Group from 2019 to 2023.
  • D. Robert Perceval Armitage
    Robert Perceval Armitage was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Cyprus and later of Nyasaland during the mid-20th century.
  • E. Patrick Mundy
    Patrick Mundy is a video game music composer best known for his work on the classic adventure game The Secret of Monkey Island.
  • 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: Michael Esper
Triple: [Shades of Blue, starring, Michael Esper]
Generated description
Michael Esper is an American actor known for his work in television, film, and on Broadway, including roles in series like "Shades of Blue" and numerous acclaimed stage productions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael Esper
Target entity description: Michael Esper is an American actor known for his work in television, film, and on Broadway, including roles in series like "Shades of Blue" and numerous acclaimed stage productions.
  • A. Michael Froman
    Michael Froman is an American lawyer and trade official who served as the U.S. Trade Representative under President Barack Obama.
  • B. Mark Esper
    Mark Esper is an American defense official and former U.S. Secretary of Defense who served under President Donald Trump.
  • C. David Malpass
    David Malpass is an American economist and former U.S. Treasury official who served as President of the World Bank Group from 2019 to 2023.
  • D. Robert Perceval Armitage
    Robert Perceval Armitage was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Cyprus and later of Nyasaland during the mid-20th century.
  • E. Patrick Mundy
    Patrick Mundy is a video game music composer best known for his work on the classic adventure game The Secret of Monkey Island.
  • 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_69d822ed7e1881909b90fca143ad7e34 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded44318f0819080b6c599f2d3474f completed April 14, 2026, 11:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe6506ace48190819504b93f575660 completed May 8, 2026, 10:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe66a5f3a88190827c6c9247323153 completed May 8, 2026, 10:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe6736ff34819098524e4401a414aa completed May 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:54 a.m.