Triple

T1749294
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Unit E38401 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Robert Patrick
Robert Patrick is an American actor best known for his roles in films like "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" and television series such as "The X-Files" and "The Unit."
 E201580 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: Robert Patrick | Statement: [The Unit, portrayedBy, Robert Patrick]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Patrick
Context triple: [The Unit, portrayedBy, Robert Patrick]
  • A. Robert Urich
    Robert Urich was an American actor best known for his roles in television series such as "Vega$," "Spenser: For Hire," and "Lonesome Dove."
  • B. Stephen Norton
    Stephen Norton is a mathematician known for his contributions to the theory of finite groups and the Monster group in particular.
  • C. Richard Gant
    Richard Gant is an American character actor known for his roles in film and television, often portraying authoritative or tough-minded figures.
  • D. David Craig
    David Craig is a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to become Chief of the Air Staff and later Chief of the Defence Staff of the United Kingdom.
  • E. George Norton
    George Norton was a British colonial-era lawyer and educator best known for establishing Presidency College in Madras, one of India’s earliest and most prestigious institutions of higher learning.
  • 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: Robert Patrick
Triple: [The Unit, portrayedBy, Robert Patrick]
Generated description
Robert Patrick is an American actor best known for his roles in films like "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" and television series such as "The X-Files" and "The Unit."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Patrick
Target entity description: Robert Patrick is an American actor best known for his roles in films like "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" and television series such as "The X-Files" and "The Unit."
  • A. Robert Urich
    Robert Urich was an American actor best known for his roles in television series such as "Vega$," "Spenser: For Hire," and "Lonesome Dove."
  • B. Stephen Norton
    Stephen Norton is a mathematician known for his contributions to the theory of finite groups and the Monster group in particular.
  • C. Richard Gant
    Richard Gant is an American character actor known for his roles in film and television, often portraying authoritative or tough-minded figures.
  • D. David Craig
    David Craig is a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to become Chief of the Air Staff and later Chief of the Defence Staff of the United Kingdom.
  • E. George Norton
    George Norton was a British colonial-era lawyer and educator best known for establishing Presidency College in Madras, one of India’s earliest and most prestigious institutions of higher learning.
  • 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_69adb5c28ac881909ba2a7e5c2067127 completed March 8, 2026, 5:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adb8b3c0a48190bf5f3a32d8862c54 completed March 8, 2026, 5:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adb97b8c8081909a806d16efd5882b completed March 8, 2026, 6:01 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.