Triple

T20296422
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Country Doctor E505363 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object John Tansey
John Tansey was an American film actor active during the silent and early sound eras, appearing in numerous Westerns and dramas.
E1427012 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: John Tansey | Statement: [The Country Doctor, starring, John Tansey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Tansey
Context triple: [The Country Doctor, starring, John Tansey]
  • A. George Minafer
    George Minafer is the spoiled, arrogant heir of a wealthy Midwestern family whose downfall and gradual self-awareness drive the plot of Booth Tarkington’s novel *The Magnificent Ambersons*.
  • B. Louis Tully
    Louis Tully is a nerdy, well-meaning accountant and neighbor of Dana Barrett who becomes a comedic, possessed pawn of Gozer in the Ghostbusters films.
  • C. John Masius
    John Masius is an American television writer and producer best known for creating and writing several popular drama series, including the spiritual drama "Touched by an Angel."
  • D. William MacDermott
    William MacDermott is an individual whose name is a variant spelling of William McDermott, likely referring to the same person in historical or biographical records.
  • E. William Demarest
    William Demarest was an American character actor best known for his roles in numerous Hollywood films and the television series "My Three Sons."
  • 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: John Tansey
Triple: [The Country Doctor, starring, John Tansey]
Generated description
John Tansey was an American film actor active during the silent and early sound eras, appearing in numerous Westerns and dramas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Tansey
Target entity description: John Tansey was an American film actor active during the silent and early sound eras, appearing in numerous Westerns and dramas.
  • A. George Minafer
    George Minafer is the spoiled, arrogant heir of a wealthy Midwestern family whose downfall and gradual self-awareness drive the plot of Booth Tarkington’s novel *The Magnificent Ambersons*.
  • B. Louis Tully
    Louis Tully is a nerdy, well-meaning accountant and neighbor of Dana Barrett who becomes a comedic, possessed pawn of Gozer in the Ghostbusters films.
  • C. John Masius
    John Masius is an American television writer and producer best known for creating and writing several popular drama series, including the spiritual drama "Touched by an Angel."
  • D. William MacDermott
    William MacDermott is an individual whose name is a variant spelling of William McDermott, likely referring to the same person in historical or biographical records.
  • E. William Demarest
    William Demarest was an American character actor best known for his roles in numerous Hollywood films and the television series "My Three Sons."
  • 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_69e0b4b8ab648190906e18538c250148 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e67707f770819093742d7509fe9bdd completed April 20, 2026, 6:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0870756d9c81909e3e2c70f222043d completed May 16, 2026, 1:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0871146b248190ac91cf010a984e1f completed May 16, 2026, 1:28 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0871a818688190ad69bcf84e33d014 completed May 16, 2026, 1:31 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:15 a.m.