Triple

T2995485
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alias E81054 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object Marshall Flinkman
Marshall Flinkman is a quirky, brilliant tech expert and gadget inventor from the television series "Alias," known for providing high-tech support to the show's spies.
E315738 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: Marshall Flinkman | Statement: [Alias, hasCharacter, Marshall Flinkman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marshall Flinkman
Context triple: [Alias, hasCharacter, Marshall Flinkman]
  • A. Frank Frink
    Frank Frink is a central character in Philip K. Dick's alternate-history novel "The Man in the High Castle," portrayed as a disillusioned craftsman navigating life under Axis-occupied America.
  • B. Phil Silvers
    Phil Silvers was an American comedian and actor best known for his fast-talking, scheming persona, especially in the classic TV series "The Phil Silvers Show" where he played Sergeant Bilko.
  • C. Harry Dreyfuss
    Harry Dreyfuss is an American writer and actor known for his essays, political commentary, and for speaking publicly about his experiences with harassment in the entertainment industry.
  • D. John Norville
    John Norville is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the story for Disney's adventure film "Jungle Cruise."
  • E. Elwood Mead
    Elwood Mead was an American engineer and public official who served as U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation and oversaw major Western water projects, including the development associated with Hoover Dam.
  • 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: Marshall Flinkman
Triple: [Alias, hasCharacter, Marshall Flinkman]
Generated description
Marshall Flinkman is a quirky, brilliant tech expert and gadget inventor from the television series "Alias," known for providing high-tech support to the show's spies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marshall Flinkman
Target entity description: Marshall Flinkman is a quirky, brilliant tech expert and gadget inventor from the television series "Alias," known for providing high-tech support to the show's spies.
  • A. Frank Frink
    Frank Frink is a central character in Philip K. Dick's alternate-history novel "The Man in the High Castle," portrayed as a disillusioned craftsman navigating life under Axis-occupied America.
  • B. Phil Silvers
    Phil Silvers was an American comedian and actor best known for his fast-talking, scheming persona, especially in the classic TV series "The Phil Silvers Show" where he played Sergeant Bilko.
  • C. Harry Dreyfuss
    Harry Dreyfuss is an American writer and actor known for his essays, political commentary, and for speaking publicly about his experiences with harassment in the entertainment industry.
  • D. John Norville
    John Norville is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the story for Disney's adventure film "Jungle Cruise."
  • E. Elwood Mead
    Elwood Mead was an American engineer and public official who served as U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation and oversaw major Western water projects, including the development associated with Hoover Dam.
  • 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_69ad8b187fc8819085914d3c9ea3142d completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad99f2e5888190b3346012e2578dab completed March 8, 2026, 3:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b10908cfe48190bf244d5a3dbc958b completed March 11, 2026, 6:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b10ab5e3488190b2d8c98dd296cbe5 completed March 11, 2026, 6:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b10b1664f081909b521ee8dd5954f9 completed March 11, 2026, 6:26 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:59 p.m.