Triple

T4798
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Carl Sagan E93 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Seth MacFarlane
Seth MacFarlane is an American writer, animator, actor, and producer best known as the creator of the animated television series "Family Guy" and co-creator of "American Dad!" and "The Orville."
 E1118 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: Seth MacFarlane | Statement: [Carl Sagan, influenced, Seth MacFarlane]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Seth MacFarlane
Context triple: [Carl Sagan, influenced, Seth MacFarlane]
  • A. John V. L. Hogan
    John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
  • B. Wes Wise
    Wes Wise is an American journalist and politician who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas, in the 1970s.
  • C. Andrew
    Andrew is a masculine given name of Greek origin meaning "manly" or "brave," widely used in English-speaking countries and beyond.
  • D. J. Erik Jonsson
    J. Erik Jonsson was an American businessman, co-founder of Texas Instruments, and civic leader who served as mayor of Dallas and was recognized for his significant contributions to public welfare and science.
  • E. Sally Kornbluth
    Sally Kornbluth is an American cell biologist and academic leader who became the 18th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • 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: Seth MacFarlane
Triple: [Carl Sagan, influenced, Seth MacFarlane]
Generated description
Seth MacFarlane is an American writer, animator, actor, and producer best known as the creator of the animated television series "Family Guy" and co-creator of "American Dad!" and "The Orville."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Seth MacFarlane
Target entity description: Seth MacFarlane is an American writer, animator, actor, and producer best known as the creator of the animated television series "Family Guy" and co-creator of "American Dad!" and "The Orville."
  • A. John V. L. Hogan
    John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
  • B. Wes Wise
    Wes Wise is an American journalist and politician who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas, in the 1970s.
  • C. Andrew
    Andrew is a masculine given name of Greek origin meaning "manly" or "brave," widely used in English-speaking countries and beyond.
  • D. J. Erik Jonsson
    J. Erik Jonsson was an American businessman, co-founder of Texas Instruments, and civic leader who served as mayor of Dallas and was recognized for his significant contributions to public welfare and science.
  • E. Sally Kornbluth
    Sally Kornbluth is an American cell biologist and academic leader who became the 18th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • 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_69a238d6b47881909e68288aed2fd858 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:37 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2399c646c8190b4977ed56b8835a8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:41 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a243c6f10c81908305b9e03c79a6ae completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2463b1a8881908e900ed76ae81a4d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a246aa8d6481908a9cc6d66a0c0296 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:36 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 12:40 a.m.