Triple

T3837372
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Guiding Light E91165 entity
Predicate notableCharacter P1481 FINISHED
Object Alan Spaulding
Alan Spaulding is a central, long-running antagonist and powerful businessman on the American soap opera "Guiding Light."
E466354 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: Alan Spaulding | Statement: [Guiding Light, notableCharacter, Alan Spaulding]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Spaulding
Context triple: [Guiding Light, notableCharacter, Alan Spaulding]
  • A. Phillip Spaulding
    Phillip Spaulding is a central, long-running character on the American soap opera "Guiding Light," known for his complex family ties, romantic entanglements, and dramatic personal struggles.
  • B. Percy Hilburn
    Percy Hilburn was a cinematographer active during the silent film era, known for his work on major productions such as the 1925 epic "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ."
  • C. Winston Hibler
    Winston Hibler was an American screenwriter, producer, and narrator best known for his long association with Walt Disney Studios, where he contributed to classic animated features and nature documentaries.
  • D. Edman Spangler
    Edman Spangler was a stagehand at Ford's Theatre who was implicated and later convicted as a minor conspirator in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
  • E. James Hallock
    James Hallock is an aviation and safety expert who served on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board that examined the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
  • 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: Alan Spaulding
Triple: [Guiding Light, notableCharacter, Alan Spaulding]
Generated description
Alan Spaulding is a central, long-running antagonist and powerful businessman on the American soap opera "Guiding Light."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Spaulding
Target entity description: Alan Spaulding is a central, long-running antagonist and powerful businessman on the American soap opera "Guiding Light."
  • A. Phillip Spaulding
    Phillip Spaulding is a central, long-running character on the American soap opera "Guiding Light," known for his complex family ties, romantic entanglements, and dramatic personal struggles.
  • B. Percy Hilburn
    Percy Hilburn was a cinematographer active during the silent film era, known for his work on major productions such as the 1925 epic "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ."
  • C. Winston Hibler
    Winston Hibler was an American screenwriter, producer, and narrator best known for his long association with Walt Disney Studios, where he contributed to classic animated features and nature documentaries.
  • D. Edman Spangler
    Edman Spangler was a stagehand at Ford's Theatre who was implicated and later convicted as a minor conspirator in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
  • E. James Hallock
    James Hallock is an aviation and safety expert who served on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board that examined the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
  • 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_69aed960b538819096561c8ed448dec9 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeeb9d11f081909fc51e84657ec7f1 completed March 9, 2026, 3:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be395356e88190ba6c4b228669e40c completed March 21, 2026, 6:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be3adc766c8190ae5cbe5be14b720a completed March 21, 2026, 6:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be3b645aac8190a6765f0679dd3735 completed March 21, 2026, 6:32 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:18 p.m.