Triple

T4459517
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Buffy the Vampire Slayer E98216 entity
Predicate stars P1956 FINISHED
Object James Marsters
James Marsters is an American actor and musician best known for his iconic role as the vampire Spike in the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
E443450 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: James Marsters | Statement: [Buffy the Vampire Slayer, stars, James Marsters]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Marsters
Context triple: [Buffy the Vampire Slayer, stars, James Marsters]
  • A. Nathan Fillion
    Nathan Fillion is a Canadian-American actor best known for his leading roles in the television series "Firefly" and "Castle," as well as numerous voice acting performances in animation and video games.
  • B. Alexis Denisof
    Alexis Denisof is an American actor best known for his role as Wesley Wyndam-Pryce in the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and its spin-off "Angel."
  • C. Tim Daly
    Tim Daly is an American actor best known for his roles in television series such as "Wings" and "Madam Secretary," as well as his voice work as Superman in animated DC productions.
  • D. David Boreanaz
    David Boreanaz is an American actor best known for starring in the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," its spin-off "Angel," and the crime procedural "Bones."
  • E. Barry Corbin
    Barry Corbin is an American character actor known for his roles in films like Urban Cowboy and WarGames and TV series such as Northern Exposure.
  • 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: James Marsters
Triple: [Buffy the Vampire Slayer, stars, James Marsters]
Generated description
James Marsters is an American actor and musician best known for his iconic role as the vampire Spike in the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Marsters
Target entity description: James Marsters is an American actor and musician best known for his iconic role as the vampire Spike in the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
  • A. Nathan Fillion
    Nathan Fillion is a Canadian-American actor best known for his leading roles in the television series "Firefly" and "Castle," as well as numerous voice acting performances in animation and video games.
  • B. Alexis Denisof
    Alexis Denisof is an American actor best known for his role as Wesley Wyndam-Pryce in the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and its spin-off "Angel."
  • C. Tim Daly
    Tim Daly is an American actor best known for his roles in television series such as "Wings" and "Madam Secretary," as well as his voice work as Superman in animated DC productions.
  • D. David Boreanaz
    David Boreanaz is an American actor best known for starring in the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," its spin-off "Angel," and the crime procedural "Bones."
  • E. Barry Corbin
    Barry Corbin is an American character actor known for his roles in films like Urban Cowboy and WarGames and TV series such as Northern Exposure.
  • 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_69b3454a7c608190944f5455c8031d73 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3567184f481908a2787e4ac9bb345 completed March 13, 2026, 12:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b63767f8d08190a58cc441471adf90 completed March 15, 2026, 4:36 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b63823c30c8190af727acae00da9d3 completed March 15, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b638a398f88190bd0f041e9494aeba completed March 15, 2026, 4:42 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:33 p.m.