Triple
T3871236
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Simpsons |
E92389
|
entity |
| Predicate | supportingCharacter |
P7748
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Milhouse Van Houten
Milhouse Van Houten is Bart Simpson’s bespectacled, insecure best friend on the animated TV series "The Simpsons," known for his awkwardness and unrequited crush on Lisa.
|
E396366
|
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: Milhouse Van Houten | Statement: [The Simpsons, supportingCharacter, Milhouse Van Houten]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Milhouse Van Houten Context triple: [The Simpsons, supportingCharacter, Milhouse Van Houten]
-
A.
Mr. Burns
Mr. Burns is the wealthy, elderly, and tyrannical owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant in the animated television series "The Simpsons."
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B.
Elwood Mead
Elwood Mead was an American engineer and public official who served as U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation and oversaw major Western water projects, including the development associated with Hoover Dam.
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C.
Henry Schultz
Henry Schultz was an American economist and early pioneer of econometrics, known for his influential work on demand analysis and for helping establish econometrics as a rigorous quantitative discipline.
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D.
W. G. Snuffy Walden
W. G. Snuffy Walden is an American musician and television composer best known for creating memorable scores for acclaimed TV dramas such as The West Wing, thirtysomething, and The Wonder Years.
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E.
Marshall Flinkman
Marshall Flinkman is a quirky, brilliant tech expert and gadget inventor from the television series "Alias," known for providing high-tech support to the show's spies.
- 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: Milhouse Van Houten Triple: [The Simpsons, supportingCharacter, Milhouse Van Houten]
Generated description
Milhouse Van Houten is Bart Simpson’s bespectacled, insecure best friend on the animated TV series "The Simpsons," known for his awkwardness and unrequited crush on Lisa.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Milhouse Van Houten Target entity description: Milhouse Van Houten is Bart Simpson’s bespectacled, insecure best friend on the animated TV series "The Simpsons," known for his awkwardness and unrequited crush on Lisa.
-
A.
Mr. Burns
Mr. Burns is the wealthy, elderly, and tyrannical owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant in the animated television series "The Simpsons."
-
B.
Elwood Mead
Elwood Mead was an American engineer and public official who served as U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation and oversaw major Western water projects, including the development associated with Hoover Dam.
-
C.
Henry Schultz
Henry Schultz was an American economist and early pioneer of econometrics, known for his influential work on demand analysis and for helping establish econometrics as a rigorous quantitative discipline.
-
D.
W. G. Snuffy Walden
W. G. Snuffy Walden is an American musician and television composer best known for creating memorable scores for acclaimed TV dramas such as The West Wing, thirtysomething, and The Wonder Years.
-
E.
Marshall Flinkman
Marshall Flinkman is a quirky, brilliant tech expert and gadget inventor from the television series "Alias," known for providing high-tech support to the show's spies.
- 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_69aed967448c819086c4b358d37b25aa |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aeec54b0848190a8d4a0e4df7b6227 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5124769c081909111b4bcac6baa78 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 7:46 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5161242f881908e62d0b7cf8e44b9 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 8:02 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5167379cc819088b4d20558622948 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 8:04 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:20 p.m.