Triple

T21349909
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mark Derwin E526446 entity
Predicate playedCharacter P1507 FINISHED
Object Dr. Mark Devanow
Dr. Mark Devanow is a fictional physician character from the television sitcom "Mad About You," known as the ex-husband of Jamie Buchman's best friend, Fran.
E1479470 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: Dr. Mark Devanow | Statement: [Mark Derwin, playedCharacter, Dr. Mark Devanow]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Mark Devanow
Context triple: [Mark Derwin, playedCharacter, Dr. Mark Devanow]
  • A. Dr. Mark Bruckner
    Dr. Mark Bruckner is a central character in the musical "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever," a psychiatrist who becomes fascinated with his patient’s apparent past-life memories and psychic abilities.
  • B. Dr. Richard Vollin
    Dr. Richard Vollin is the deranged surgeon and Poe-obsessed villain who devises elaborate torture devices in the 1935 horror film "The Raven."
  • C. Dr. Robert Doback
    Dr. Robert Doback is a fictional, long-suffering father figure and stepfather in the comedy film "Step Brothers," portrayed by actor Richard Jenkins.
  • D. Dr. Robert Hoffstetler
    Dr. Robert Hoffstetler is a Soviet spy posing as an American scientist who secretly aids the captive Amphibian Man in the film "The Shape of Water."
  • E. Dr. Jeffrey Geiger
    Dr. Jeffrey Geiger is a brilliant but emotionally volatile cardiothoracic surgeon and central figure in the medical drama series "Chicago Hope."
  • 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: Dr. Mark Devanow
Triple: [Mark Derwin, playedCharacter, Dr. Mark Devanow]
Generated description
Dr. Mark Devanow is a fictional physician character from the television sitcom "Mad About You," known as the ex-husband of Jamie Buchman's best friend, Fran.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Mark Devanow
Target entity description: Dr. Mark Devanow is a fictional physician character from the television sitcom "Mad About You," known as the ex-husband of Jamie Buchman's best friend, Fran.
  • A. Dr. Mark Bruckner
    Dr. Mark Bruckner is a central character in the musical "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever," a psychiatrist who becomes fascinated with his patient’s apparent past-life memories and psychic abilities.
  • B. Dr. Richard Vollin
    Dr. Richard Vollin is the deranged surgeon and Poe-obsessed villain who devises elaborate torture devices in the 1935 horror film "The Raven."
  • C. Dr. Robert Doback
    Dr. Robert Doback is a fictional, long-suffering father figure and stepfather in the comedy film "Step Brothers," portrayed by actor Richard Jenkins.
  • D. Dr. Robert Hoffstetler
    Dr. Robert Hoffstetler is a Soviet spy posing as an American scientist who secretly aids the captive Amphibian Man in the film "The Shape of Water."
  • E. Dr. Jeffrey Geiger
    Dr. Jeffrey Geiger is a brilliant but emotionally volatile cardiothoracic surgeon and central figure in the medical drama series "Chicago Hope."
  • 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_69e0b51cd5cc81909ac1187971e8a8ad completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e8ad30512081909012ce318fa67679 completed April 22, 2026, 11:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09ad5b7f80819098ad83e864fa556f completed May 17, 2026, 11:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09ae26d43881909c1e0a6a5e37a488 completed May 17, 2026, 12:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09aeb3382c819088070f86c2d17b41 completed May 17, 2026, 12:04 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 5:03 p.m.