Triple

T4290424
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves E97374 entity
Predicate starredActor P5563 FINISHED
Object Michael McShane
Michael McShane is an American actor and comedian known for his improvisational work on "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" and roles in films and television during the 1990s.
 E431803 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: Michael McShane | Statement: [Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starredActor, Michael McShane]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael McShane
Context triple: [Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starredActor, Michael McShane]
  • A. Martin Henderson
    Martin Henderson is a New Zealand actor known for his roles in films like "The Ring" and "Everest" and TV series such as "Grey's Anatomy" and "Virgin River."
  • B. Scott Arfield
    Scott Arfield is a professional footballer, best known as a midfielder who represented the Canadian national team after previously playing for Scotland at youth level and having a long club career in Scotland and England.
  • C. Sean Murray
    Sean Murray is an American actor best known for his long-running role as Special Agent Timothy McGee on the television series NCIS.
  • D. Colin Friels
    Colin Friels is a Scottish-born Australian actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including prominent roles in Australian cinema of the 1980s and 1990s.
  • E. Kevin McKidd
    Kevin McKidd is a Scottish actor best known for his roles in projects such as the TV series "Grey's Anatomy" and films like "Trainspotting" and "Rome."
  • 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: Michael McShane
Triple: [Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starredActor, Michael McShane]
Generated description
Michael McShane is an American actor and comedian known for his improvisational work on "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" and roles in films and television during the 1990s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael McShane
Target entity description: Michael McShane is an American actor and comedian known for his improvisational work on "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" and roles in films and television during the 1990s.
  • A. Martin Henderson
    Martin Henderson is a New Zealand actor known for his roles in films like "The Ring" and "Everest" and TV series such as "Grey's Anatomy" and "Virgin River."
  • B. Scott Arfield
    Scott Arfield is a professional footballer, best known as a midfielder who represented the Canadian national team after previously playing for Scotland at youth level and having a long club career in Scotland and England.
  • C. Sean Murray
    Sean Murray is an American actor best known for his long-running role as Special Agent Timothy McGee on the television series NCIS.
  • D. Colin Friels
    Colin Friels is a Scottish-born Australian actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including prominent roles in Australian cinema of the 1980s and 1990s.
  • E. Kevin McKidd
    Kevin McKidd is a Scottish actor best known for his roles in projects such as the TV series "Grey's Anatomy" and films like "Trainspotting" and "Rome."
  • 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_69b3454595848190a0e6bbb6a2bea040 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3507efb28819091a9d5b9161a5008 completed March 12, 2026, 11:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5d06ccbf081908bc23b5f194b9587 completed March 14, 2026, 9:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5d10a20248190b3214509cb637ff4 completed March 14, 2026, 9:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5d4f08ac4819097e71276be11403d completed March 14, 2026, 9:36 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:08 p.m.