Triple

T19359048
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Magnum, P.I. E484226 entity
Predicate characterPortrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Jonathan Quayle Higgins III – John Hillerman
Jonathan Quayle Higgins III is the famously proper, ex-military British estate manager and foil to Thomas Magnum on the television series "Magnum, P.I.," portrayed by actor John Hillerman.
 E1371696 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: Jonathan Quayle Higgins III – John Hillerman | Statement: [Magnum, P.I., characterPortrayedBy, Jonathan Quayle Higgins III – John Hillerman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Jonathan Quayle Higgins III – John Hillerman
Context triple: [Magnum, P.I., characterPortrayedBy, Jonathan Quayle Higgins III – John Hillerman]
  • A. John Gurney
    John Gurney was a prominent English Quaker banker and member of the influential Gurney family of Norwich.
  • B. Jack D. Hunter
    Jack D. Hunter was an American author best known for his World War I aviation novel "The Blue Max," which was later adapted into a popular film.
  • C. Harlen Maguire
    Harlen Maguire is a sadistic crime-scene photographer and hitman portrayed by Jude Law in the 2002 crime drama film "Road to Perdition."
  • D. J. Warren Kerrigan
    J. Warren Kerrigan was a popular American silent film actor of the early 20th century, known for his leading-man roles in Westerns and adventure films.
  • E. Robert George Brett
    Robert George Brett was a Canadian physician and politician who served as the second Lieutenant Governor of Alberta in 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: Jonathan Quayle Higgins III – John Hillerman
Triple: [Magnum, P.I., characterPortrayedBy, Jonathan Quayle Higgins III – John Hillerman]
Generated description
Jonathan Quayle Higgins III is the famously proper, ex-military British estate manager and foil to Thomas Magnum on the television series "Magnum, P.I.," portrayed by actor John Hillerman.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Jonathan Quayle Higgins III – John Hillerman
Target entity description: Jonathan Quayle Higgins III is the famously proper, ex-military British estate manager and foil to Thomas Magnum on the television series "Magnum, P.I.," portrayed by actor John Hillerman.
  • A. John Gurney
    John Gurney was a prominent English Quaker banker and member of the influential Gurney family of Norwich.
  • B. Jack D. Hunter
    Jack D. Hunter was an American author best known for his World War I aviation novel "The Blue Max," which was later adapted into a popular film.
  • C. Harlen Maguire
    Harlen Maguire is a sadistic crime-scene photographer and hitman portrayed by Jude Law in the 2002 crime drama film "Road to Perdition."
  • D. J. Warren Kerrigan
    J. Warren Kerrigan was a popular American silent film actor of the early 20th century, known for his leading-man roles in Westerns and adventure films.
  • E. Robert George Brett
    Robert George Brett was a Canadian physician and politician who served as the second Lieutenant Governor of Alberta in 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_69d8e8d305088190ad13571532aa454c completed April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6190b343c81909734ba776fd196dc completed April 20, 2026, 12:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07240dacb881909a8acdb5dab42115 completed May 15, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07253d53488190a25b4c65c93e70d7 completed May 15, 2026, 1:53 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a072657035881909c63391b274063e1 completed May 15, 2026, 1:57 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:34 p.m.