Triple

T16780989
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Harold Finch E407855 entity
Predicate hasAlias P455 FINISHED
Object Harold Erickson
Harold Erickson is an alias used by Harold Finch, the reclusive billionaire computer genius from the television series "Person of Interest."
 E1239922 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: Harold Erickson | Statement: [Harold Finch, hasAlias, Harold Erickson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Harold Erickson
Context triple: [Harold Finch, hasAlias, Harold Erickson]
  • A. Harold Wenstrom
    Harold Wenstrom was an American cinematographer active during the early 20th century, known for his work on numerous silent and early sound films.
  • B. Harold Huth
    Harold Huth was a British film director, producer, and occasional actor active in the mid-20th century, known for his work in the British studio system.
  • C. Harold Huber
    Harold Huber was an American character actor known for his prolific work in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films, often portraying suave or villainous supporting roles.
  • D. Harold Trosper
    Harold Trosper is known primarily as the brother of American screenwriter Guy Trosper.
  • E. Harold Hazen
    Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
  • 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: Harold Erickson
Triple: [Harold Finch, hasAlias, Harold Erickson]
Generated description
Harold Erickson is an alias used by Harold Finch, the reclusive billionaire computer genius from the television series "Person of Interest."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Harold Erickson
Target entity description: Harold Erickson is an alias used by Harold Finch, the reclusive billionaire computer genius from the television series "Person of Interest."
  • A. Harold Wenstrom
    Harold Wenstrom was an American cinematographer active during the early 20th century, known for his work on numerous silent and early sound films.
  • B. Harold Huth
    Harold Huth was a British film director, producer, and occasional actor active in the mid-20th century, known for his work in the British studio system.
  • C. Harold Huber
    Harold Huber was an American character actor known for his prolific work in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films, often portraying suave or villainous supporting roles.
  • D. Harold Trosper
    Harold Trosper is known primarily as the brother of American screenwriter Guy Trosper.
  • E. Harold Hazen
    Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
  • 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_69d8839270588190886720d9519bbf8f completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3b216726881908ddc9cdc772cd5e4 completed April 18, 2026, 4:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00c79a96408190ab01ccd144f3fade completed May 10, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00c8b9e4888190b25dd3256fc13dd1 completed May 10, 2026, 6:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00c9672ab881909770b4fe551ec622 completed May 10, 2026, 6:07 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:22 a.m.