Triple

T4559313
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sports Night E120553 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Joshua Malina
Joshua Malina is an American actor best known for his roles in Aaron Sorkin–created television series such as "The West Wing" and "Scandal."
 E458217 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: Joshua Malina | Statement: [Sports Night, portrayedBy, Joshua Malina]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Joshua Malina
Context triple: [Sports Night, portrayedBy, Joshua Malina]
  • A. Dermot Mulroney
    Dermot Mulroney is an American actor known for his versatile film and television roles, including prominent performances in romantic comedies and dramas since the late 1980s.
  • B. Joel David Moore
    Joel David Moore is an American actor and director best known for his roles in films like "Avatar" and the TV series "Bones."
  • C. Brett Cullen
    Brett Cullen is an American actor known for his numerous film and television roles, including playing Thomas Wayne in the 2019 film "Joker."
  • D. John Ehle
    John Ehle was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his historical fiction set in the Appalachian region of North Carolina.
  • E. Cheyenne Jackson
    Cheyenne Jackson is an American actor and singer known for his work on Broadway and in television series such as "30 Rock," "Glee," and "American Horror Story."
  • 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: Joshua Malina
Triple: [Sports Night, portrayedBy, Joshua Malina]
Generated description
Joshua Malina is an American actor best known for his roles in Aaron Sorkin–created television series such as "The West Wing" and "Scandal."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Joshua Malina
Target entity description: Joshua Malina is an American actor best known for his roles in Aaron Sorkin–created television series such as "The West Wing" and "Scandal."
  • A. Dermot Mulroney
    Dermot Mulroney is an American actor known for his versatile film and television roles, including prominent performances in romantic comedies and dramas since the late 1980s.
  • B. Joel David Moore
    Joel David Moore is an American actor and director best known for his roles in films like "Avatar" and the TV series "Bones."
  • C. Brett Cullen
    Brett Cullen is an American actor known for his numerous film and television roles, including playing Thomas Wayne in the 2019 film "Joker."
  • D. John Ehle
    John Ehle was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his historical fiction set in the Appalachian region of North Carolina.
  • E. Cheyenne Jackson
    Cheyenne Jackson is an American actor and singer known for his work on Broadway and in television series such as "30 Rock," "Glee," and "American Horror Story."
  • 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_69bd4636f1648190a701445c2fcd9c17 completed March 20, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd5829cc34819086ad2ae58446502e completed March 20, 2026, 2:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdfa1eb59081909d0f6ac93c1d6639 completed March 21, 2026, 1:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdfb36a18481908bb566db970b101a completed March 21, 2026, 1:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdfbc9bea48190a8a0bf13c6fa7191 completed March 21, 2026, 2 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:09 p.m.