Triple

T1749287
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Unit E38401 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Tom Ryan
Tom Ryan is the central protagonist of the television series "The Unit," depicted as a highly skilled and seasoned leader of an elite U.S. Army special operations team.
 E215422 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: Tom Ryan | Statement: [The Unit, mainCharacter, Tom Ryan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tom Ryan
Context triple: [The Unit, mainCharacter, Tom Ryan]
  • A. John Ryan
    John Ryan is an American songwriter and producer known for co-writing numerous pop hits for artists such as One Direction, Maroon 5, and Jason Derulo.
  • B. William Ryan
    William Ryan is a marine geologist and oceanographer known for his influential work on seafloor spreading and the geological history of the Black Sea, including the "Noah's Flood" hypothesis.
  • C. Phil Burke
    Phil Burke is a Canadian actor best known for his role as Mickey McGinnes on the television drama series "Hell on Wheels."
  • D. Sam Kennedy
    Sam Kennedy is a Major League Baseball executive best known for serving as the president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox.
  • E. Denis McDonough
    Denis McDonough is an American political advisor who served as White House Chief of Staff under President Barack Obama.
  • 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: Tom Ryan
Triple: [The Unit, mainCharacter, Tom Ryan]
Generated description
Tom Ryan is the central protagonist of the television series "The Unit," depicted as a highly skilled and seasoned leader of an elite U.S. Army special operations team.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tom Ryan
Target entity description: Tom Ryan is the central protagonist of the television series "The Unit," depicted as a highly skilled and seasoned leader of an elite U.S. Army special operations team.
  • A. John Ryan
    John Ryan is an American songwriter and producer known for co-writing numerous pop hits for artists such as One Direction, Maroon 5, and Jason Derulo.
  • B. William Ryan
    William Ryan is a marine geologist and oceanographer known for his influential work on seafloor spreading and the geological history of the Black Sea, including the "Noah's Flood" hypothesis.
  • C. Phil Burke
    Phil Burke is a Canadian actor best known for his role as Mickey McGinnes on the television drama series "Hell on Wheels."
  • D. Sam Kennedy
    Sam Kennedy is a Major League Baseball executive best known for serving as the president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox.
  • E. Denis McDonough
    Denis McDonough is an American political advisor who served as White House Chief of Staff under President Barack Obama.
  • 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_69a8862bdb2081908aefe831c8aa8017 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa63ee4d2081909dfd6d3244228c56 completed March 6, 2026, 5:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adf3bc8fe8819085a8adaf9dcd5c1b completed March 8, 2026, 10:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adf494f0288190bf77285d18fcd3d9 completed March 8, 2026, 10:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adf51f49488190b9b0465b4da685c1 completed March 8, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.