Triple
T15199172
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Next Best Thing |
E363218
|
entity |
| Predicate | starring |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Michael Vartan |
E136929
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Vartan | Statement: [The Next Best Thing, starring, Michael Vartan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Vartan Context triple: [The Next Best Thing, starring, Michael Vartan]
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A.
Michael Vartan
chosen
Michael Vartan is a French-American actor best known for his role as CIA agent Michael Vaughn on the television series "Alias."
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B.
Kevin Khatchadourian
Kevin Khatchadourian is the disturbed and manipulative teenage antagonist at the center of Lionel Shriver’s novel and its film adaptation "We Need to Talk About Kevin," known for committing a devastating act of violence.
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C.
Alek Keshishian
Alek Keshishian is an Armenian-American film director and screenwriter best known for directing Madonna’s documentary "Truth or Dare" and writing and directing the romantic comedy "Love and Other Disasters."
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D.
Andranik Eskandarian
Andranik Eskandarian is a former Iranian-Armenian footballer best known as a defender for the Iran national team and the New York Cosmos in the North American Soccer League.
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E.
Ken Davitian
Ken Davitian is an American actor and comedian best known for his role as Azamat Bagatov, Borat’s sidekick, in the satirical film "Borat."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d85a0b78bc8190b6e5ad51a2c4cfc5 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e006b476208190a5119710c518bb1f |
completed | April 15, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fed3342624819087be35acadd88136 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 6:24 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:10 a.m.