Triple

T17576541
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Straw Dogs E428083 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object T. P. McKenna
T. P. McKenna was an Irish character actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre from the mid-20th century onward.
E1280987 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: T. P. McKenna | Statement: [Straw Dogs, starring, T. P. McKenna]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: T. P. McKenna
Context triple: [Straw Dogs, starring, T. P. McKenna]
  • A. Philip McKeon
    Philip McKeon was an American actor best known for playing Tommy Hyatt, the son of the title character, on the sitcom "Alice."
  • B. J. P. McGowan
    J. P. McGowan was an Irish-born American film director, actor, and screenwriter best known for his prolific work in early action and railroad-themed silent serials.
  • C. Rob McKenna
    Rob McKenna is a perpetually rain-plagued lorry driver in Douglas Adams' "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish," humorously revealed to be a Rain God unknowingly worshipped by clouds.
  • D. Rob McKenna
    Rob McKenna is an American attorney and politician best known for serving as the Attorney General of Washington State.
  • E. T. P. O'Connor
    T. P. O'Connor was an Irish-born journalist, author, and long-serving British MP known for his influential role in late 19th- and early 20th-century Liberal politics and Irish nationalist causes.
  • 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: T. P. McKenna
Triple: [Straw Dogs, starring, T. P. McKenna]
Generated description
T. P. McKenna was an Irish character actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre from the mid-20th century onward.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: T. P. McKenna
Target entity description: T. P. McKenna was an Irish character actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre from the mid-20th century onward.
  • A. Philip McKeon
    Philip McKeon was an American actor best known for playing Tommy Hyatt, the son of the title character, on the sitcom "Alice."
  • B. J. P. McGowan
    J. P. McGowan was an Irish-born American film director, actor, and screenwriter best known for his prolific work in early action and railroad-themed silent serials.
  • C. Rob McKenna
    Rob McKenna is a perpetually rain-plagued lorry driver in Douglas Adams' "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish," humorously revealed to be a Rain God unknowingly worshipped by clouds.
  • D. Rob McKenna
    Rob McKenna is an American attorney and politician best known for serving as the Attorney General of Washington State.
  • E. T. P. O'Connor
    T. P. O'Connor was an Irish-born journalist, author, and long-serving British MP known for his influential role in late 19th- and early 20th-century Liberal politics and Irish nationalist causes.
  • 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_69d889e0385081908a04b66f4dd4bd0d completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e463ca76848190a7beb6deb4b0f1a4 completed April 19, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0216446e0c8190a1fe814407bfd2ba completed May 11, 2026, 5:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0217eee47881909a61527d4ce7bd54 completed May 11, 2026, 5:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0218636e048190a48bc7f066c7bee1 completed May 11, 2026, 5:56 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:50 a.m.