Triple
T3239271
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Cosby Show |
E67928
|
entity |
| Predicate | starring |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Geoffrey Owens
Geoffrey Owens is an American actor best known for his role as Elvin Tibideaux on the long-running sitcom "The Cosby Show."
|
E342290
|
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: Geoffrey Owens | Statement: [The Cosby Show, starring, Geoffrey Owens]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Geoffrey Owens Context triple: [The Cosby Show, starring, Geoffrey Owens]
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A.
John Hilliard
John Hilliard is a British conceptual artist and photographer known for his experimental works that explore the nature of photographic representation and perception.
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B.
Ed Bullins
Ed Bullins was an influential American playwright whose politically charged, experimental works made him a central voice in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
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C.
Gregory Walcott
Gregory Walcott was an American actor best known for his roles in mid-20th-century film and television, including work in Westerns and cult science fiction.
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D.
Kenyon Hopkins
Kenyon Hopkins was an American composer and arranger best known for his atmospheric jazz-influenced film and television scores of the 1950s and 1960s.
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E.
Joseph McNeil
Joseph McNeil is an American civil rights activist best known as one of the Greensboro Four who helped spark the sit-in movement against racial segregation in the United States.
- 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: Geoffrey Owens Triple: [The Cosby Show, starring, Geoffrey Owens]
Generated description
Geoffrey Owens is an American actor best known for his role as Elvin Tibideaux on the long-running sitcom "The Cosby Show."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Geoffrey Owens Target entity description: Geoffrey Owens is an American actor best known for his role as Elvin Tibideaux on the long-running sitcom "The Cosby Show."
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A.
John Hilliard
John Hilliard is a British conceptual artist and photographer known for his experimental works that explore the nature of photographic representation and perception.
-
B.
Ed Bullins
Ed Bullins was an influential American playwright whose politically charged, experimental works made him a central voice in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
-
C.
Gregory Walcott
Gregory Walcott was an American actor best known for his roles in mid-20th-century film and television, including work in Westerns and cult science fiction.
-
D.
Kenyon Hopkins
Kenyon Hopkins was an American composer and arranger best known for his atmospheric jazz-influenced film and television scores of the 1950s and 1960s.
-
E.
Joseph McNeil
Joseph McNeil is an American civil rights activist best known as one of the Greensboro Four who helped spark the sit-in movement against racial segregation in the United States.
- 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_69ad858d27348190abb61c280b4c86a9 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adaef4c0bc819095e4f84296fe7cb6 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b28eadeff481909bd48cdf51044f86 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b28f9e12488190b93355b783300264 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:04 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b2c092063481909982dea3f71c00c1 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 1:33 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:08 p.m.