Triple

T3096409
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Changeling E64603 entity
Predicate originalSeriesLeadActor P5563 FINISHED
Object William Shatner
William Shatner is a Canadian actor best known for his iconic role as Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek television series and films.
E327465 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: William Shatner | Statement: [The Changeling, originalSeriesLeadActor, William Shatner]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Shatner
Context triple: [The Changeling, originalSeriesLeadActor, William Shatner]
  • A. Leonard Nimoy
    Leonard Nimoy was an American actor, director, and author best known for originating the iconic role of Spock in the Star Trek franchise.
  • B. Walter Koenig
    Walter Koenig is an American actor best known for playing Ensign Pavel Chekov in the original Star Trek television series and films.
  • C. David Hedison
    David Hedison was an American film and television actor best known for his role as Captain Lee Crane in the 1960s sci-fi series "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" and for appearing in two James Bond films.
  • D. Chris Hargensen
    Chris Hargensen is a central antagonist in Stephen King’s novel "Carrie," known as a cruel high school bully whose actions help trigger the story’s catastrophic climax.
  • E. Robert MacNeil
    Robert MacNeil is a Canadian-American journalist and author best known for co-creating and co-anchoring the long-running public television news program that became PBS NewsHour.
  • 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: William Shatner
Triple: [The Changeling, originalSeriesLeadActor, William Shatner]
Generated description
William Shatner is a Canadian actor best known for his iconic role as Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek television series and films.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Shatner
Target entity description: William Shatner is a Canadian actor best known for his iconic role as Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek television series and films.
  • A. Leonard Nimoy
    Leonard Nimoy was an American actor, director, and author best known for originating the iconic role of Spock in the Star Trek franchise.
  • B. Walter Koenig
    Walter Koenig is an American actor best known for playing Ensign Pavel Chekov in the original Star Trek television series and films.
  • C. David Hedison
    David Hedison was an American film and television actor best known for his role as Captain Lee Crane in the 1960s sci-fi series "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" and for appearing in two James Bond films.
  • D. Chris Hargensen
    Chris Hargensen is a central antagonist in Stephen King’s novel "Carrie," known as a cruel high school bully whose actions help trigger the story’s catastrophic climax.
  • E. Robert MacNeil
    Robert MacNeil is a Canadian-American journalist and author best known for co-creating and co-anchoring the long-running public television news program that became PBS NewsHour.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: originalSeriesLeadActor
Context triple: [The Changeling, originalSeriesLeadActor, William Shatner]
  • A. playedBy
    Indicates that a role, character, or performance is portrayed or executed by a specific person or agent.
  • B. starredActor chosen
    Indicates that an actor performed a leading or significant role in a particular production or work.
  • C. leadActorNominee
    Indicates that an entity was nominated for a lead acting role in relation to a particular work or award.
  • D. leadActress
    Indicates that the subject is the primary female performer in the specified film, show, or production.
  • E. oftenPlayedBy
    Indicates that one entity frequently performs, portrays, or executes another entity, such as a role, character, or piece of music.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69ad857dc98481909e585dc3372e3ed5 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada23cbe3c8190b7ec5cfd464a1ca8 completed March 8, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2037483fc8190b8343faa58fb9893 completed March 12, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b204a8c5348190a2cb102b08fd6fa5 completed March 12, 2026, 12:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b205bdf5c881908bc6ef7c3c30df65 completed March 12, 2026, 12:15 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69ad9df06ed88190809f0683122caa5a completed March 8, 2026, 4:04 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:03 p.m.