Triple

T3858516
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Billy Madison E90078 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Darren McGavin
Darren McGavin was an American actor best known for his roles in the television series "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" and as the gruff but loving father in the classic film "A Christmas Story."
E401775 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: Darren McGavin | Statement: [Billy Madison, starring, Darren McGavin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Darren McGavin
Context triple: [Billy Madison, starring, Darren McGavin]
  • A. Jim Norton
    Jim Norton is an Irish character actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre, including notable roles in productions such as "Father Ted" and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets."
  • B. Tom Willis
    Tom Willis is a prominent character on the sitcom "The Jeffersons," known as George and Louise Jefferson’s white neighbor in an interracial marriage that often highlights social and racial tensions with humor.
  • C. Ernie Hudson
    Ernie Hudson is an American actor best known for his role as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series and for numerous supporting roles in film and television.
  • D. Peter D. Graves
    Peter D. Graves is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood action and science fiction movies, including Terminator Salvation.
  • E. Vic Morrow
    Vic Morrow was an American actor best known for his role in the television series "Combat!" and for his tragic death in a helicopter accident during the filming of "Twilight Zone: The Movie."
  • 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: Darren McGavin
Triple: [Billy Madison, starring, Darren McGavin]
Generated description
Darren McGavin was an American actor best known for his roles in the television series "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" and as the gruff but loving father in the classic film "A Christmas Story."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Darren McGavin
Target entity description: Darren McGavin was an American actor best known for his roles in the television series "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" and as the gruff but loving father in the classic film "A Christmas Story."
  • A. Jim Norton
    Jim Norton is an Irish character actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre, including notable roles in productions such as "Father Ted" and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets."
  • B. Tom Willis
    Tom Willis is a prominent character on the sitcom "The Jeffersons," known as George and Louise Jefferson’s white neighbor in an interracial marriage that often highlights social and racial tensions with humor.
  • C. Ernie Hudson
    Ernie Hudson is an American actor best known for his role as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series and for numerous supporting roles in film and television.
  • D. Peter D. Graves
    Peter D. Graves is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood action and science fiction movies, including Terminator Salvation.
  • E. Vic Morrow
    Vic Morrow was an American actor best known for his role in the television series "Combat!" and for his tragic death in a helicopter accident during the filming of "Twilight Zone: The Movie."
  • 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_69aed95b3c088190a8f85d19e6070599 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeec1e68f88190941c39221486f6ae completed March 9, 2026, 3:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5337284608190af9c288033d5ce23 completed March 14, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5345b408c8190a68c530edd1efb1f completed March 14, 2026, 10:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5351fe4d081909c606f2ced0efbdc completed March 14, 2026, 10:14 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:19 p.m.