Triple

T3341907
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Less Than Zero E70277 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Andrew McCarthy
Andrew McCarthy is an American actor and director best known as a member of the 1980s "Brat Pack," with notable roles in films like "St. Elmo's Fire," "Pretty in Pink," and "Weekend at Bernie's."
 E359696 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: Andrew McCarthy | Statement: [Less Than Zero, starring, Andrew McCarthy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Andrew McCarthy
Context triple: [Less Than Zero, starring, Andrew McCarthy]
  • A. Alan Ruck
    Alan Ruck is an American actor best known for his roles as Cameron Frye in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and Connor Roy in the television series "Succession."
  • B. Matthew Broderick
    Matthew Broderick is an American actor known for his work in film, theater, and television, particularly for iconic roles in movies like "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "WarGames."
  • C. Christopher McDonald
    Christopher McDonald is an American character actor best known for his frequent supporting roles in film and television, including his iconic turn as Shooter McGavin in the comedy "Happy Gilmore."
  • D. Tim Mahoney
    Tim Mahoney is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist for the rock band 311.
  • E. Jason Miller
    Jason Miller was an American actor and playwright best known for his Oscar-nominated role as Father Damien Karras in the classic horror film "The Exorcist."
  • 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: Andrew McCarthy
Triple: [Less Than Zero, starring, Andrew McCarthy]
Generated description
Andrew McCarthy is an American actor and director best known as a member of the 1980s "Brat Pack," with notable roles in films like "St. Elmo's Fire," "Pretty in Pink," and "Weekend at Bernie's."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Andrew McCarthy
Target entity description: Andrew McCarthy is an American actor and director best known as a member of the 1980s "Brat Pack," with notable roles in films like "St. Elmo's Fire," "Pretty in Pink," and "Weekend at Bernie's."
  • A. Alan Ruck
    Alan Ruck is an American actor best known for his roles as Cameron Frye in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and Connor Roy in the television series "Succession."
  • B. Matthew Broderick
    Matthew Broderick is an American actor known for his work in film, theater, and television, particularly for iconic roles in movies like "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "WarGames."
  • C. Christopher McDonald
    Christopher McDonald is an American character actor best known for his frequent supporting roles in film and television, including his iconic turn as Shooter McGavin in the comedy "Happy Gilmore."
  • D. Tim Mahoney
    Tim Mahoney is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist for the rock band 311.
  • E. Jason Miller
    Jason Miller was an American actor and playwright best known for his Oscar-nominated role as Father Damien Karras in the classic horror film "The Exorcist."
  • 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_69ad85a405e48190b6e68de7cf9f319e completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb1ee711481909c0d921f1b5b8562 completed March 8, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b360a07dec819094b0645d0e2a91da completed March 13, 2026, 12:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b3615cf80481908ff305f995d0b176 completed March 13, 2026, 12:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b362451b848190a2fe80a17ab8f9c3 completed March 13, 2026, 1:03 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:12 p.m.