Triple

T3585074
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Lithgow E75889 entity
Predicate televisionRole P1668 FINISHED
Object Dick Solomon in 3rd Rock from the Sun
Dick Solomon in 3rd Rock from the Sun is the bumbling, overconfident High Commander of a group of aliens posing as a human family while he awkwardly navigates life as a physics professor on Earth.
 E371113 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: Dick Solomon in 3rd Rock from the Sun | Statement: [John Lithgow, televisionRole, Dick Solomon in 3rd Rock from the Sun]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dick Solomon in 3rd Rock from the Sun
Context triple: [John Lithgow, televisionRole, Dick Solomon in 3rd Rock from the Sun]
  • A. John Monk Saunders
    John Monk Saunders was an American novelist and Academy Award–winning screenwriter best known for his aviation-themed stories and the film "The Dawn Patrol."
  • B. John Ratzenberger
    John Ratzenberger is an American actor and voice actor best known for his role as Cliff Clavin on "Cheers" and for voicing characters in numerous Pixar animated films.
  • C. George Wendt
    George Wendt is an American actor best known for playing the lovable bar regular Norm Peterson on the classic sitcom "Cheers."
  • D. Gene Griffin
    Gene Griffin is an American R&B and new jack swing record producer and manager best known for his work with acts like Guy and Bobby Brown.
  • E. Kelsey Grammer
    Kelsey Grammer is an American actor best known for his long-running, Emmy-winning portrayal of Dr. Frasier Crane on the sitcoms "Cheers" and "Frasier."
  • 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: Dick Solomon in 3rd Rock from the Sun
Triple: [John Lithgow, televisionRole, Dick Solomon in 3rd Rock from the Sun]
Generated description
Dick Solomon in 3rd Rock from the Sun is the bumbling, overconfident High Commander of a group of aliens posing as a human family while he awkwardly navigates life as a physics professor on Earth.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dick Solomon in 3rd Rock from the Sun
Target entity description: Dick Solomon in 3rd Rock from the Sun is the bumbling, overconfident High Commander of a group of aliens posing as a human family while he awkwardly navigates life as a physics professor on Earth.
  • A. John Monk Saunders
    John Monk Saunders was an American novelist and Academy Award–winning screenwriter best known for his aviation-themed stories and the film "The Dawn Patrol."
  • B. John Ratzenberger
    John Ratzenberger is an American actor and voice actor best known for his role as Cliff Clavin on "Cheers" and for voicing characters in numerous Pixar animated films.
  • C. George Wendt
    George Wendt is an American actor best known for playing the lovable bar regular Norm Peterson on the classic sitcom "Cheers."
  • D. Gene Griffin
    Gene Griffin is an American R&B and new jack swing record producer and manager best known for his work with acts like Guy and Bobby Brown.
  • E. Kelsey Grammer
    Kelsey Grammer is an American actor best known for his long-running, Emmy-winning portrayal of Dr. Frasier Crane on the sitcoms "Cheers" and "Frasier."
  • 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_69ad85d6dc3c8190b491b79b83e25461 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc135ee3481908ef8dc41af632710 completed March 8, 2026, 6:34 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b402fcc5f481909c66319f75a8dc85 completed March 13, 2026, 12:28 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b406d014d88190b488b9b1f70fecca completed March 13, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4086f6da4819084778dffa33ef116 completed March 13, 2026, 12:51 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:22 p.m.