Triple

T3056218
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Beaches E60486 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Spalding Gray
Spalding Gray was an American actor and acclaimed monologist best known for his autobiographical stage works such as "Swimming to Cambodia."
E323382 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: Spalding Gray | Statement: [Beaches, starring, Spalding Gray]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spalding Gray
Context triple: [Beaches, starring, Spalding Gray]
  • A. George Carlin
    George Carlin was an influential American stand-up comedian, social critic, and author known for his sharp wit, boundary-pushing routines, and incisive commentary on language, politics, and culture.
  • B. Garry Shandling
    Garry Shandling was an influential American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor best known for his groundbreaking meta-sitcoms "It's Garry Shandling's Show" and "The Larry Sanders Show."
  • C. Mort Sahl
    Mort Sahl was a pioneering American stand-up comedian known for his sharp, politically charged, conversational style that helped transform modern comedy.
  • D. Wallace Shawn
    Wallace Shawn is an American character actor, playwright, and essayist known for his distinctive voice and roles in films such as "The Princess Bride" and "My Dinner with Andre."
  • E. Joe Alaskey
    Joe Alaskey was an American voice actor best known for succeeding Mel Blanc in voicing many classic Looney Tunes characters, including iconic roles like Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, and others.
  • 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: Spalding Gray
Triple: [Beaches, starring, Spalding Gray]
Generated description
Spalding Gray was an American actor and acclaimed monologist best known for his autobiographical stage works such as "Swimming to Cambodia."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spalding Gray
Target entity description: Spalding Gray was an American actor and acclaimed monologist best known for his autobiographical stage works such as "Swimming to Cambodia."
  • A. George Carlin
    George Carlin was an influential American stand-up comedian, social critic, and author known for his sharp wit, boundary-pushing routines, and incisive commentary on language, politics, and culture.
  • B. Garry Shandling
    Garry Shandling was an influential American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor best known for his groundbreaking meta-sitcoms "It's Garry Shandling's Show" and "The Larry Sanders Show."
  • C. Mort Sahl
    Mort Sahl was a pioneering American stand-up comedian known for his sharp, politically charged, conversational style that helped transform modern comedy.
  • D. Wallace Shawn
    Wallace Shawn is an American character actor, playwright, and essayist known for his distinctive voice and roles in films such as "The Princess Bride" and "My Dinner with Andre."
  • E. Joe Alaskey
    Joe Alaskey was an American voice actor best known for succeeding Mel Blanc in voicing many classic Looney Tunes characters, including iconic roles like Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, and others.
  • 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_69ad8578137c81908259dcb27c7d6d7c completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad9bf7ebd48190ad5748a18fa9a56a completed March 8, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b1ef0671e48190a793f907cc211dd8 completed March 11, 2026, 10:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b1efcf4da08190a9fd5fd88bba0358 completed March 11, 2026, 10:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1f1ce72388190871884c99526057d completed March 11, 2026, 10:50 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:02 p.m.