Triple

T5349684
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Waltons E124143 entity
Predicate notableCastMember P7010 FINISHED
Object Richard Thomas
Richard Thomas is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as John-Boy Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
E518092 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: Richard Thomas | Statement: [The Waltons, notableCastMember, Richard Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Thomas
Context triple: [The Waltons, notableCastMember, Richard Thomas]
  • A. Andre Braugher
    Andre Braugher is an American actor acclaimed for his powerful dramatic roles and his Emmy-winning performances in both television and film.
  • B. Timothy Busfield
    Timothy Busfield is an American actor and director best known for his roles in television series such as "thirtysomething," "The West Wing," and various film and stage productions.
  • C. Tom Mison
    Tom Mison is an English actor best known for playing Ichabod Crane in the supernatural drama television series "Sleepy Hollow."
  • D. Jason Patric
    Jason Patric is an American film and stage actor known for roles in movies such as "The Lost Boys," "Sleepers," and "Speed 2: Cruise Control."
  • E. Thomas Haden Church
    Thomas Haden Church is an American actor known for roles in the TV series "Wings" and films such as "Sideways" and "Spider-Man 3."
  • 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: Richard Thomas
Triple: [The Waltons, notableCastMember, Richard Thomas]
Generated description
Richard Thomas is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as John-Boy Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Thomas
Target entity description: Richard Thomas is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as John-Boy Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
  • A. Andre Braugher
    Andre Braugher is an American actor acclaimed for his powerful dramatic roles and his Emmy-winning performances in both television and film.
  • B. Timothy Busfield
    Timothy Busfield is an American actor and director best known for his roles in television series such as "thirtysomething," "The West Wing," and various film and stage productions.
  • C. Tom Mison
    Tom Mison is an English actor best known for playing Ichabod Crane in the supernatural drama television series "Sleepy Hollow."
  • D. Jason Patric
    Jason Patric is an American film and stage actor known for roles in movies such as "The Lost Boys," "Sleepers," and "Speed 2: Cruise Control."
  • E. Thomas Haden Church
    Thomas Haden Church is an American actor known for roles in the TV series "Wings" and films such as "Sideways" and "Spider-Man 3."
  • 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_69bd464be27081908807b40b75c1bbae completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd860ea7088190ad7be14132927d17 completed March 20, 2026, 5:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf33395b248190a1552288a3d5213c completed March 22, 2026, 12:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf3738aac48190a84954b98e896208 completed March 22, 2026, 12:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf378616788190b2961ddff189e7fc completed March 22, 2026, 12:27 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:01 p.m.