Triple

T3310933
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mehcad Brooks E69568 entity
Predicate playedCharacter P1507 FINISHED
Object Matthew Applewhite
Matthew Applewhite is a fictional character from the television series "Desperate Housewives," known as the troubled son of Betty Applewhite in the show's second season mystery storyline.
E346995 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: Matthew Applewhite | Statement: [Mehcad Brooks, playedCharacter, Matthew Applewhite]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matthew Applewhite
Context triple: [Mehcad Brooks, playedCharacter, Matthew Applewhite]
  • A. Matthew Aldrich
    Matthew Aldrich is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing Pixar’s Academy Award–winning animated film "Coco."
  • B. Matthew Nelson
    Matthew Nelson is an American musician best known as one half of the twin brother rock duo Nelson and as a son of rock and roll star Ricky Nelson.
  • C. Andrew McElfresh
    Andrew McElfresh is an American comedy writer and screenwriter known for his work on films such as "White Chicks."
  • D. Zahn McClarnon
    Zahn McClarnon is a Native American actor known for his intense, nuanced performances in television series such as "Longmire," "Westworld," "Reservation Dogs," and Marvel's "Hawkeye."
  • E. Anthony Sharp
    Anthony Sharp is a name shared by several notable individuals, including an English actor and a Quaker wool merchant and philanthropist.
  • 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: Matthew Applewhite
Triple: [Mehcad Brooks, playedCharacter, Matthew Applewhite]
Generated description
Matthew Applewhite is a fictional character from the television series "Desperate Housewives," known as the troubled son of Betty Applewhite in the show's second season mystery storyline.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matthew Applewhite
Target entity description: Matthew Applewhite is a fictional character from the television series "Desperate Housewives," known as the troubled son of Betty Applewhite in the show's second season mystery storyline.
  • A. Matthew Aldrich
    Matthew Aldrich is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing Pixar’s Academy Award–winning animated film "Coco."
  • B. Matthew Nelson
    Matthew Nelson is an American musician best known as one half of the twin brother rock duo Nelson and as a son of rock and roll star Ricky Nelson.
  • C. Andrew McElfresh
    Andrew McElfresh is an American comedy writer and screenwriter known for his work on films such as "White Chicks."
  • D. Zahn McClarnon
    Zahn McClarnon is a Native American actor known for his intense, nuanced performances in television series such as "Longmire," "Westworld," "Reservation Dogs," and Marvel's "Hawkeye."
  • E. Anthony Sharp
    Anthony Sharp is a name shared by several notable individuals, including an English actor and a Quaker wool merchant and philanthropist.
  • 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_69ad859f218081909458d2cebbf57565 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb0ec80508190baa78435b983b7b5 completed March 8, 2026, 5:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2f3f0d52081908bbade5e514f17d1 completed March 12, 2026, 5:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2fa6edd6c8190a398e622c1c8600c completed March 12, 2026, 5:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b31413fa2481908a52237df05e6fe6 completed March 12, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:11 p.m.