Triple

T3545300
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Ritter E74981 entity
Predicate characterPortrayed P1507 FINISHED
Object Paul Hennessy
Paul Hennessy is the overprotective yet well-meaning father and newspaper columnist at the center of the sitcom "8 Simple Rules."
E407707 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: Paul Hennessy | Statement: [John Ritter, characterPortrayed, Paul Hennessy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Hennessy
Context triple: [John Ritter, characterPortrayed, Paul Hennessy]
  • A. Kevin O’Hare
    Kevin O’Hare is a British former dancer and prominent ballet director best known for leading London’s Royal Ballet.
  • B. Patrick Doherty
    Patrick Doherty was one of the unarmed civil rights marchers shot and killed by British soldiers during the Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1972.
  • C. John Doherty
    John Doherty is known as the husband of American actress Michael Learned, famed for her role as Olivia Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
  • D. Andrew Duggan
    Andrew Duggan was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1950s through the 1980s.
  • E. Chris Henchy
    Chris Henchy is an American screenwriter and film and television producer known for his frequent collaborations with Will Ferrell and work on various comedy projects.
  • 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: Paul Hennessy
Triple: [John Ritter, characterPortrayed, Paul Hennessy]
Generated description
Paul Hennessy is the overprotective yet well-meaning father and newspaper columnist at the center of the sitcom "8 Simple Rules."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Hennessy
Target entity description: Paul Hennessy is the overprotective yet well-meaning father and newspaper columnist at the center of the sitcom "8 Simple Rules."
  • A. Kevin O’Hare
    Kevin O’Hare is a British former dancer and prominent ballet director best known for leading London’s Royal Ballet.
  • B. Patrick Doherty
    Patrick Doherty was one of the unarmed civil rights marchers shot and killed by British soldiers during the Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1972.
  • C. John Doherty
    John Doherty is known as the husband of American actress Michael Learned, famed for her role as Olivia Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
  • D. Andrew Duggan
    Andrew Duggan was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1950s through the 1980s.
  • E. Chris Henchy
    Chris Henchy is an American screenwriter and film and television producer known for his frequent collaborations with Will Ferrell and work on various comedy projects.
  • 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_69ad85d274cc8190ab59c97298a1cfbf completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbf77d938819095c72a88b5af644a completed March 8, 2026, 6:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b556076b34819097b15b60a91b5164 completed March 14, 2026, 12:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b556efc2148190a66e732e09e4fc21 completed March 14, 2026, 12:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5575de0e88190843f1fcbc12c9dd5 completed March 14, 2026, 12:41 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:20 p.m.