Triple
T2704008
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Frontline |
E59299
|
entity |
| Predicate | creator |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David Fanning
David Fanning is a television producer and journalist best known for founding and long serving as the executive producer of the PBS investigative documentary series Frontline.
|
E325446
|
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 Fanning | Statement: [Frontline, creator, David Fanning]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Fanning Context triple: [Frontline, creator, David Fanning]
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A.
John Ferrell
John Ferrell was a photographer for the U.S. Farm Security Administration, contributing documentary images of American life during the Great Depression and World War II era.
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B.
Joss Christensen
Joss Christensen is an American freestyle skier best known for winning the inaugural Olympic gold medal in men's slopestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
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C.
Andrew Carnes
Andrew Carnes is a character in the musical "Oklahoma!", known as the protective father of Ado Annie.
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D.
Dan Janvey
Dan Janvey is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed independent films, including the Academy Award–winning "Nomadland."
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E.
Jeff Bingham
Jeff Bingham is a sarcastic, sports-loving, and somewhat old-fashioned married man who serves as one of the central characters on the sitcom "Rules of Engagement."
- 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 Fanning Triple: [Frontline, creator, David Fanning]
Generated description
David Fanning is a television producer and journalist best known for founding and long serving as the executive producer of the PBS investigative documentary series Frontline.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Fanning Target entity description: David Fanning is a television producer and journalist best known for founding and long serving as the executive producer of the PBS investigative documentary series Frontline.
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A.
John Ferrell
John Ferrell was a photographer for the U.S. Farm Security Administration, contributing documentary images of American life during the Great Depression and World War II era.
-
B.
Joss Christensen
Joss Christensen is an American freestyle skier best known for winning the inaugural Olympic gold medal in men's slopestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
-
C.
Andrew Carnes
Andrew Carnes is a character in the musical "Oklahoma!", known as the protective father of Ado Annie.
-
D.
Dan Janvey
Dan Janvey is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed independent films, including the Academy Award–winning "Nomadland."
-
E.
Jeff Bingham
Jeff Bingham is a sarcastic, sports-loving, and somewhat old-fashioned married man who serves as one of the central characters on the sitcom "Rules of Engagement."
- 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_69ab4ac66bc88190b9e4afa5fc843f72 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abda518c58819096c8b67c0f754655 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:57 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b1f852ebbc8190885b819a79719c6d |
completed | March 11, 2026, 11:18 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b1fc5de17881908a512cd34ffa046f |
completed | March 11, 2026, 11:35 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b1fcbf176c8190a061cc437db9690a |
completed | March 11, 2026, 11:37 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:55 p.m.