Triple

T542471
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series E12659 entity
Predicate notableWinner P2766 FINISHED
Object John Lithgow
John Lithgow is an American actor acclaimed for his versatile performances in film, television, and theater, known for roles ranging from the sitcom "3rd Rock from the Sun" to dramatic turns in works like "The Crown" and "Dexter."
E75889 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: John Lithgow | Statement: [Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, notableWinner, John Lithgow]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Lithgow
Context triple: [Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, notableWinner, John Lithgow]
  • A. Robert Wuhl
    Robert Wuhl is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for his roles in films like "Bull Durham" and "Batman" and for creating and starring in the HBO series "Arliss."
  • B. Blake Perlman
    Blake Perlman is an American actress and singer known for roles in film and television, including appearances in projects associated with her father, actor Ron Perlman.
  • C. Michael O'Laughlen
    Michael O'Laughlen was an American Confederate sympathizer and associate of John Wilkes Booth who was implicated as a co-conspirator in the plot surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
  • D. Tom Wilkinson
    Tom Wilkinson was an acclaimed English character actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "The Full Monty," "In the Bedroom," and "Michael Clayton."
  • E. Hal Holbrook
    Hal Holbrook was an American actor renowned for his Emmy- and Tony-winning career in film, television, and theater, particularly for his acclaimed portrayal of Mark Twain in his long-running one-man show.
  • 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: John Lithgow
Triple: [Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, notableWinner, John Lithgow]
Generated description
John Lithgow is an American actor acclaimed for his versatile performances in film, television, and theater, known for roles ranging from the sitcom "3rd Rock from the Sun" to dramatic turns in works like "The Crown" and "Dexter."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Lithgow
Target entity description: John Lithgow is an American actor acclaimed for his versatile performances in film, television, and theater, known for roles ranging from the sitcom "3rd Rock from the Sun" to dramatic turns in works like "The Crown" and "Dexter."
  • A. Robert Wuhl
    Robert Wuhl is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for his roles in films like "Bull Durham" and "Batman" and for creating and starring in the HBO series "Arliss."
  • B. Blake Perlman
    Blake Perlman is an American actress and singer known for roles in film and television, including appearances in projects associated with her father, actor Ron Perlman.
  • C. Michael O'Laughlen
    Michael O'Laughlen was an American Confederate sympathizer and associate of John Wilkes Booth who was implicated as a co-conspirator in the plot surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
  • D. Tom Wilkinson
    Tom Wilkinson was an acclaimed English character actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "The Full Monty," "In the Bedroom," and "Michael Clayton."
  • E. Hal Holbrook
    Hal Holbrook was an American actor renowned for his Emmy- and Tony-winning career in film, television, and theater, particularly for his acclaimed portrayal of Mark Twain in his long-running one-man show.
  • 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_69a49334226c81908b0ea1689ef6aa3f completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4986250508190ac91cfdf7d57073d completed March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a5291f50e481909cf404c6b4050b94 completed March 2, 2026, 6:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a52a39ae508190895689aab792e5c8 completed March 2, 2026, 6:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a52aa9018081909f8a647a177a5412 completed March 2, 2026, 6:14 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.