Triple

T3198024
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Platoon E66978 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object John C. McGinley
John C. McGinley is an American character actor best known for his roles in films like "Platoon" and as Dr. Perry Cox on the television series "Scrubs."
 E336221 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: John C. McGinley | Statement: [Platoon, starring, John C. McGinley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John C. McGinley
Context triple: [Platoon, starring, John C. McGinley]
  • A. Craig T. Nelson
    Craig T. Nelson is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as football coach Hayden Fox on the TV sitcom "Coach" and for voicing Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible in Pixar's "The Incredibles" films.
  • B. John Gibbon
    John Gibbon was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general who later played a key role in the Indian Wars, including campaigns against the Nez Perce.
  • C. Michael O'Laughlen
    Michael O'Laughlen was an American Confederate sympathizer and associate of John Wilkes Booth who was implicated as a co-conspirator in the plot surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
  • D. Brett Cullen
    Brett Cullen is an American actor known for his numerous film and television roles, including playing Thomas Wayne in the 2019 film "Joker."
  • E. James Brolin
    James Brolin is an American actor and director known for his roles in film and television, including "Westworld," "Marcus Welby, M.D.," and "Hotel."
  • 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: John C. McGinley
Triple: [Platoon, starring, John C. McGinley]
Generated description
John C. McGinley is an American character actor best known for his roles in films like "Platoon" and as Dr. Perry Cox on the television series "Scrubs."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John C. McGinley
Target entity description: John C. McGinley is an American character actor best known for his roles in films like "Platoon" and as Dr. Perry Cox on the television series "Scrubs."
  • A. Craig T. Nelson
    Craig T. Nelson is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as football coach Hayden Fox on the TV sitcom "Coach" and for voicing Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible in Pixar's "The Incredibles" films.
  • B. John Gibbon
    John Gibbon was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general who later played a key role in the Indian Wars, including campaigns against the Nez Perce.
  • C. Michael O'Laughlen
    Michael O'Laughlen was an American Confederate sympathizer and associate of John Wilkes Booth who was implicated as a co-conspirator in the plot surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
  • D. Brett Cullen
    Brett Cullen is an American actor known for his numerous film and television roles, including playing Thomas Wayne in the 2019 film "Joker."
  • E. James Brolin
    James Brolin is an American actor and director known for his roles in film and television, including "Westworld," "Marcus Welby, M.D.," and "Hotel."
  • 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_69ad8588ba18819086a10951c32ecb80 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada7192994819084817307065a25e2 completed March 8, 2026, 4:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b24bbdc9908190b5d8328f6fbc6002 completed March 12, 2026, 5:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b25034bc4481909c860099cc1aa311 completed March 12, 2026, 5:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b251458ab48190a374f910103763f2 completed March 12, 2026, 5:38 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:07 p.m.