Triple

T2834964
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Planes, Trains and Automobiles E62326 entity
Predicate castMember P1668 FINISHED
Object Michael McKean
Michael McKean is an American actor, comedian, and musician best known for his roles in "This Is Spinal Tap," the sitcom "Laverne & Shirley," and the television series "Better Call Saul."
 E306273 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: Michael McKean | Statement: [Planes, Trains and Automobiles, castMember, Michael McKean]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael McKean
Context triple: [Planes, Trains and Automobiles, castMember, Michael McKean]
  • A. Wayne Knight
    Wayne Knight is an American character actor and comedian best known for his roles as Newman on "Seinfeld" and Dennis Nedry in "Jurassic Park."
  • B. Martin Short
    Martin Short is a Canadian-American comedian and actor renowned for his energetic characters and work on sketch comedy shows, films, and Broadway.
  • C. Leslie Nielsen
    Leslie Nielsen was a Canadian-American actor best known for his deadpan comedic roles in films like Airplane! and The Naked Gun series after an earlier career in dramatic television and film.
  • D. Ernie Hudson
    Ernie Hudson is an American actor best known for his role as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series and for numerous supporting roles in film and television.
  • E. John Ratzenberger
    John Ratzenberger is an American actor and voice actor best known for his role as Cliff Clavin on "Cheers" and for voicing characters in numerous Pixar animated films.
  • 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: Michael McKean
Triple: [Planes, Trains and Automobiles, castMember, Michael McKean]
Generated description
Michael McKean is an American actor, comedian, and musician best known for his roles in "This Is Spinal Tap," the sitcom "Laverne & Shirley," and the television series "Better Call Saul."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael McKean
Target entity description: Michael McKean is an American actor, comedian, and musician best known for his roles in "This Is Spinal Tap," the sitcom "Laverne & Shirley," and the television series "Better Call Saul."
  • A. Wayne Knight
    Wayne Knight is an American character actor and comedian best known for his roles as Newman on "Seinfeld" and Dennis Nedry in "Jurassic Park."
  • B. Martin Short
    Martin Short is a Canadian-American comedian and actor renowned for his energetic characters and work on sketch comedy shows, films, and Broadway.
  • C. Leslie Nielsen
    Leslie Nielsen was a Canadian-American actor best known for his deadpan comedic roles in films like Airplane! and The Naked Gun series after an earlier career in dramatic television and film.
  • D. Ernie Hudson
    Ernie Hudson is an American actor best known for his role as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series and for numerous supporting roles in film and television.
  • E. John Ratzenberger
    John Ratzenberger is an American actor and voice actor best known for his role as Cliff Clavin on "Cheers" and for voicing characters in numerous Pixar animated films.
  • 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_69ab4c3c39188190955b9c49d98463d8 completed March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdeea881481908d759c72798a50fb completed March 7, 2026, 8:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b01d71c214819086422d2b16b1f49d completed March 10, 2026, 1:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0207852c48190b42275cf0ab4a97a completed March 10, 2026, 1:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b0210adbd48190ad34376faf8b2b18 completed March 10, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:01 p.m.