Triple

T15904411
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rick Ducommun E385672 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Richard Ducommun
Richard Ducommun was a Canadian character actor and comedian known for his supporting roles in films such as "The 'Burbs" and "Groundhog Day."
 E1185409 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: Richard Ducommun | Statement: [Rick Ducommun, birthName, Richard Ducommun]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard Ducommun
Context triple: [Rick Ducommun, birthName, Richard Ducommun]
  • A. Raymond Cordy
    Raymond Cordy was a French character actor known for his prolific work in early 20th-century cinema, particularly in comedies and popular genre films.
  • B. Douglas Gresham
    Douglas Gresham is a British-American author, film producer, and stepson of C. S. Lewis, known for his work on adaptations of "The Chronicles of Narnia."
  • C. Bill Raisch
    Bill Raisch was an American character actor and dancer best known for playing the one-armed man in the television series "The Fugitive."
  • D. Ray Royer
    Ray Royer is a British guitarist best known as an early member of the rock band Procol Harum, contributing to their formative sound in the 1960s.
  • E. Arthur Richman
    Arthur Richman was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his stage works that were adapted into successful films during the early 20th century.
  • 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: Richard Ducommun
Triple: [Rick Ducommun, birthName, Richard Ducommun]
Generated description
Richard Ducommun was a Canadian character actor and comedian known for his supporting roles in films such as "The 'Burbs" and "Groundhog Day."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard Ducommun
Target entity description: Richard Ducommun was a Canadian character actor and comedian known for his supporting roles in films such as "The 'Burbs" and "Groundhog Day."
  • A. Raymond Cordy
    Raymond Cordy was a French character actor known for his prolific work in early 20th-century cinema, particularly in comedies and popular genre films.
  • B. Douglas Gresham
    Douglas Gresham is a British-American author, film producer, and stepson of C. S. Lewis, known for his work on adaptations of "The Chronicles of Narnia."
  • C. Bill Raisch
    Bill Raisch was an American character actor and dancer best known for playing the one-armed man in the television series "The Fugitive."
  • D. Ray Royer
    Ray Royer is a British guitarist best known as an early member of the rock band Procol Harum, contributing to their formative sound in the 1960s.
  • E. Arthur Richman
    Arthur Richman was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his stage works that were adapted into successful films during the early 20th century.
  • 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_69d86da686e4819097cbf3b1fc2d881d completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e1563f74d88190a3d92ca0ad46e867 completed April 16, 2026, 9:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffb5a39a348190a4ef6784c54649c2 completed May 9, 2026, 10:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffb98428b88190b20cfdfd05e35a9f completed May 9, 2026, 10:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffb9d0790481908f4edff0109fbe28 completed May 9, 2026, 10:48 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:52 a.m.