Triple

T5507780
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Franciscus E144485 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object James Grover Franciscus
James Grover Franciscus was an American actor best known for his leading roles in 1960s and 1970s television series such as "Mr. Novak," "Longstreet," and "The Naked City."
 E531536 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: James Grover Franciscus | Statement: [James Franciscus, birthName, James Grover Franciscus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Grover Franciscus
Context triple: [James Franciscus, birthName, James Grover Franciscus]
  • A. John Grover
    John Grover is a film editor best known for his work on action and thriller movies, including the James Bond film series.
  • B. John William Ferrell
    John William Ferrell is an American actor, comedian, producer, and writer best known for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and in hit comedy films such as "Anchorman" and "Elf."
  • C. John McIntire
    John McIntire was an American character actor known for his distinctive deep voice and roles in Western films and television, as well as voice work in classic Disney animated features.
  • D. Thomas Leroy
    Thomas Leroy is the demanding and manipulative ballet director in the psychological thriller film "Black Swan."
  • E. James Harmon
    James Harmon is a member of the Harmon family, known in connection with actress and artist Kristin Harmon.
  • 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: James Grover Franciscus
Triple: [James Franciscus, birthName, James Grover Franciscus]
Generated description
James Grover Franciscus was an American actor best known for his leading roles in 1960s and 1970s television series such as "Mr. Novak," "Longstreet," and "The Naked City."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Grover Franciscus
Target entity description: James Grover Franciscus was an American actor best known for his leading roles in 1960s and 1970s television series such as "Mr. Novak," "Longstreet," and "The Naked City."
  • A. John Grover
    John Grover is a film editor best known for his work on action and thriller movies, including the James Bond film series.
  • B. John William Ferrell
    John William Ferrell is an American actor, comedian, producer, and writer best known for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and in hit comedy films such as "Anchorman" and "Elf."
  • C. John McIntire
    John McIntire was an American character actor known for his distinctive deep voice and roles in Western films and television, as well as voice work in classic Disney animated features.
  • D. Thomas Leroy
    Thomas Leroy is the demanding and manipulative ballet director in the psychological thriller film "Black Swan."
  • E. James Harmon
    James Harmon is a member of the Harmon family, known in connection with actress and artist Kristin Harmon.
  • 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_69c008f6b5048190a09064116062cf69 completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c01f495c588190b0cfe5bfb3d2c221 completed March 22, 2026, 4:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c027c082108190a3c8f826a6aeef4c completed March 22, 2026, 5:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c03c0ab1d8819094aeaac0a5b57bc8 completed March 22, 2026, 6:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c03cd550748190ab9718c510d2f0ca completed March 22, 2026, 7:02 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:32 p.m.