Triple
T246408
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Orville |
E5047
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ed Mercer
Ed Mercer is the charismatic yet flawed captain of the exploratory spaceship USS Orville in the science fiction comedy-drama series "The Orville."
|
E127000
|
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: Ed Mercer | Statement: [The Orville, mainCharacter, Ed Mercer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed Mercer Context triple: [The Orville, mainCharacter, Ed Mercer]
-
A.
Tim McClelland
Tim McClelland is a former Major League Baseball umpire known for his long tenure, distinctive strike zone, and involvement in several high-profile postseason games.
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B.
John Hudson
John Hudson was one of the sons of the English explorer Henry Hudson, who is believed to have accompanied his father on his final, ill-fated voyage in search of a Northwest Passage.
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C.
Andrew Logan
Andrew Logan is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the 2017 historical drama film "Chappaquiddick," which explores the 1969 incident involving Senator Ted Kennedy.
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D.
Mick Jackson
Mick Jackson is a British film and television director best known for helming the hit romantic thriller "The Bodyguard" (1992) starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston.
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E.
Brian Pippard
Brian Pippard was a prominent British physicist known for his pioneering work in superconductivity and for serving as Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge.
- 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: Ed Mercer Triple: [The Orville, mainCharacter, Ed Mercer]
Generated description
Ed Mercer is the charismatic yet flawed captain of the exploratory spaceship USS Orville in the science fiction comedy-drama series "The Orville."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed Mercer Target entity description: Ed Mercer is the charismatic yet flawed captain of the exploratory spaceship USS Orville in the science fiction comedy-drama series "The Orville."
-
A.
Tim McClelland
Tim McClelland is a former Major League Baseball umpire known for his long tenure, distinctive strike zone, and involvement in several high-profile postseason games.
-
B.
John Hudson
John Hudson was one of the sons of the English explorer Henry Hudson, who is believed to have accompanied his father on his final, ill-fated voyage in search of a Northwest Passage.
-
C.
Andrew Logan
Andrew Logan is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the 2017 historical drama film "Chappaquiddick," which explores the 1969 incident involving Senator Ted Kennedy.
-
D.
Mick Jackson
Mick Jackson is a British film and television director best known for helming the hit romantic thriller "The Bodyguard" (1992) starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston.
-
E.
Brian Pippard
Brian Pippard was a prominent British physicist known for his pioneering work in superconductivity and for serving as Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge.
- 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_69a257c4bf688190a46ebbf411ab7473 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25d13b8088190a3f48f0388d57496 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac4be4ead481909c618e2d2e795c08 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:01 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac4d59d6e48190ae584c5505d583e2 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:07 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac4dc518cc8190a8eafd2eef7934d8 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:09 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:54 a.m.