Triple

T522916
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Think Like a Man E10856 entity
Predicate castMember P1668 FINISHED
Object Michael Ealy
Michael Ealy is an American actor known for his roles in films like "Barbershop," "Think Like a Man," and "2 Fast 2 Furious," as well as various television series.
E71672 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 Ealy | Statement: [Think Like a Man, castMember, Michael Ealy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Ealy
Context triple: [Think Like a Man, castMember, Michael Ealy]
  • A. Dennis Haysbert
    Dennis Haysbert is an American actor known for his deep voice and prominent roles in film and television, including "24," "Major League," and numerous commercial campaigns.
  • B. Jeffrey Dean
    Jeffrey Dean is a prominent American computer scientist and software engineer best known for his influential work on large-scale distributed systems and infrastructure at Google.
  • C. Kevin Michael Richardson
    Kevin Michael Richardson is an American voice actor known for his deep, resonant voice and prolific work in animated television series, films, and video games.
  • D. Timothy Black
    Timothy Black is a relatively obscure individual whose specific public notability is not clearly established from the given information.
  • E. Kris Marshall
    Kris Marshall is a British actor best known for his comedic and romantic roles in film and television, including prominent parts in Love Actually and the sitcom My Family.
  • 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 Ealy
Triple: [Think Like a Man, castMember, Michael Ealy]
Generated description
Michael Ealy is an American actor known for his roles in films like "Barbershop," "Think Like a Man," and "2 Fast 2 Furious," as well as various television series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Ealy
Target entity description: Michael Ealy is an American actor known for his roles in films like "Barbershop," "Think Like a Man," and "2 Fast 2 Furious," as well as various television series.
  • A. Dennis Haysbert
    Dennis Haysbert is an American actor known for his deep voice and prominent roles in film and television, including "24," "Major League," and numerous commercial campaigns.
  • B. Jeffrey Dean
    Jeffrey Dean is a prominent American computer scientist and software engineer best known for his influential work on large-scale distributed systems and infrastructure at Google.
  • C. Kevin Michael Richardson
    Kevin Michael Richardson is an American voice actor known for his deep, resonant voice and prolific work in animated television series, films, and video games.
  • D. Timothy Black
    Timothy Black is a relatively obscure individual whose specific public notability is not clearly established from the given information.
  • E. Kris Marshall
    Kris Marshall is a British actor best known for his comedic and romantic roles in film and television, including prominent parts in Love Actually and the sitcom My Family.
  • 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_69a2e84b16c4819088d284c47c3a7968 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f1b4f01881908b408357ff113308 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4fc7b283c8190af5fb7fa649a9095 completed March 2, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4fd82527c81908f996fb4ac1d1000 completed March 2, 2026, 3:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4fdfce6148190998b823f069cd43d completed March 2, 2026, 3:03 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.