Triple

T23486738
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vic Tayback E570553 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Victor Tayback — NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Victor Tayback | Statement: [Vic Tayback, birthName, Victor Tayback]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Victor Tayback
Context triple: [Vic Tayback, birthName, Victor Tayback]
  • A. Victor Arnold
    Victor Arnold was an American character actor known for his tough, streetwise roles in crime and action films and television from the 1960s through the 1990s.
  • B. Victor Fresco
    Victor Fresco is an American television writer and producer best known for creating and showrunning quirky comedy series such as "Better Off Ted" and "Santa Clarita Diet."
  • C. Victor Libion
    Victor Libion was a French restaurateur best known for establishing the iconic Parisian café La Rotonde in Montparnasse.
  • D. Ray Vitte
    Ray Vitte was an American film and television actor active in the 1970s and early 1980s, known for supporting roles in comedies and dramas before his career was cut short by his death in 1983.
  • E. William Theodore Kotcheff
    William Theodore Kotcheff, better known as Ted Kotcheff, is a Canadian film and television director recognized for works such as "First Blood" and "Wake in Fright."
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Victor Tayback
Target entity description: Victor Tayback was an American actor best known for his role as the gruff but lovable diner owner Mel Sharples on the TV series "Alice."
  • A. Victor Arnold
    Victor Arnold was an American character actor known for his tough, streetwise roles in crime and action films and television from the 1960s through the 1990s.
  • B. Victor Fresco
    Victor Fresco is an American television writer and producer best known for creating and showrunning quirky comedy series such as "Better Off Ted" and "Santa Clarita Diet."
  • C. Victor Libion
    Victor Libion was a French restaurateur best known for establishing the iconic Parisian café La Rotonde in Montparnasse.
  • D. Ray Vitte
    Ray Vitte was an American film and television actor active in the 1970s and early 1980s, known for supporting roles in comedies and dramas before his career was cut short by his death in 1983.
  • E. William Theodore Kotcheff
    William Theodore Kotcheff, better known as Ted Kotcheff, is a Canadian film and television director recognized for works such as "First Blood" and "Wake in Fright."
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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_69e245b0b01481908f636939bedd804c completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1a754825481909b005ca5654c3159 completed April 29, 2026, 6:38 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 6:04 p.m.