Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Post E43652 entity
Predicate castMember P1668 FINISHED
Object David Cross
David Cross is an American comedian and actor best known for his stand-up work and his role as Tobias Fünke on the television series "Arrested Development."
E116740 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: David Cross | Statement: [The Post, castMember, David Cross]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Cross
Context triple: [The Post, castMember, David Cross]
  • A. David Cross
    David Cross is an American comedian and actor known for his stand-up work, his role in the sketch series "Mr. Show," and his portrayal of Tobias Fünke in the television sitcom "Arrested Development."
  • B. Patton Oswalt
    Patton Oswalt is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer known for his sharp observational humor and roles in film and television, including voicing Remy in Pixar's "Ratatouille."
  • C. Michael Ian Black
    Michael Ian Black is an American comedian, actor, writer, and director known for his work on "The State," "Stella," and numerous stand-up and television appearances.
  • D. Glenn Howerton
    Glenn Howerton is an American actor, writer, and producer best known for co-creating and starring as Dennis Reynolds on the dark comedy series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
  • E. Rob Riggle
    Rob Riggle is an American actor, comedian, and former Marine officer known for his energetic, often over-the-top roles in film and television comedies.
  • 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: David Cross
Triple: [The Post, castMember, David Cross]
Generated description
David Cross is an American comedian and actor best known for his stand-up work and his role as Tobias Fünke on the television series "Arrested Development."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Cross
Target entity description: David Cross is an American comedian and actor best known for his stand-up work and his role as Tobias Fünke on the television series "Arrested Development."
  • A. David Cross chosen
    David Cross is an American comedian and actor known for his stand-up work, his role in the sketch series "Mr. Show," and his portrayal of Tobias Fünke in the television sitcom "Arrested Development."
  • B. Patton Oswalt
    Patton Oswalt is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer known for his sharp observational humor and roles in film and television, including voicing Remy in Pixar's "Ratatouille."
  • C. Michael Ian Black
    Michael Ian Black is an American comedian, actor, writer, and director known for his work on "The State," "Stella," and numerous stand-up and television appearances.
  • D. Glenn Howerton
    Glenn Howerton is an American actor, writer, and producer best known for co-creating and starring as Dennis Reynolds on the dark comedy series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
  • E. Rob Riggle
    Rob Riggle is an American actor, comedian, and former Marine officer known for his energetic, often over-the-top roles in film and television comedies.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a88716e9f08190946313fdc949e3cf completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb89be08c81909eb5ea672ea46b2b completed March 7, 2026, 5:33 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b1f84148a08190a514fb15d550a550 completed March 11, 2026, 11:18 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b1f8d3ff288190bd79bfc99d06c3ca completed March 11, 2026, 11:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1f94b3e3c8190b8ce0531a7c54902 completed March 11, 2026, 11:22 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.