Triple

T5589273
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Walker, Texas Ranger E146834 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Clarence Gilyard Jr.
Clarence Gilyard Jr. was an American actor and academic best known for his roles in popular television series and action films such as "Matlock," "Walker, Texas Ranger," "Die Hard," and "Top Gun."
E540578 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: Clarence Gilyard Jr. | Statement: [Walker, Texas Ranger, starring, Clarence Gilyard Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clarence Gilyard Jr.
Context triple: [Walker, Texas Ranger, starring, Clarence Gilyard Jr.]
  • A. Clarence LaVaughn Franklin
    Clarence LaVaughn Franklin was a prominent American Baptist minister and civil rights activist, best known as the father of singer Aretha Franklin and for his influential preaching and radio broadcasts.
  • B. Roger Brown
    Roger Brown was an influential American social psychologist and linguist known for his pioneering research on language acquisition and the social psychology of language.
  • C. Roger Brown
    Roger Brown was a professional basketball player best known for his scoring and rebounding in the American Basketball Association during the 1970s.
  • D. Clifton Brown
    Clifton Brown is a notable individual distinguished by the given name Clifton, recognized among prominent bearers of that name.
  • E. Roscoe Lee Browne
    Roscoe Lee Browne was an American actor and director known for his rich, distinctive voice and acclaimed performances in film, television, and theater.
  • 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: Clarence Gilyard Jr.
Triple: [Walker, Texas Ranger, starring, Clarence Gilyard Jr.]
Generated description
Clarence Gilyard Jr. was an American actor and academic best known for his roles in popular television series and action films such as "Matlock," "Walker, Texas Ranger," "Die Hard," and "Top Gun."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clarence Gilyard Jr.
Target entity description: Clarence Gilyard Jr. was an American actor and academic best known for his roles in popular television series and action films such as "Matlock," "Walker, Texas Ranger," "Die Hard," and "Top Gun."
  • A. Clarence LaVaughn Franklin
    Clarence LaVaughn Franklin was a prominent American Baptist minister and civil rights activist, best known as the father of singer Aretha Franklin and for his influential preaching and radio broadcasts.
  • B. Roger Brown
    Roger Brown was an influential American social psychologist and linguist known for his pioneering research on language acquisition and the social psychology of language.
  • C. Roger Brown
    Roger Brown was a professional basketball player best known for his scoring and rebounding in the American Basketball Association during the 1970s.
  • D. Clifton Brown
    Clifton Brown is a notable individual distinguished by the given name Clifton, recognized among prominent bearers of that name.
  • E. Roscoe Lee Browne
    Roscoe Lee Browne was an American actor and director known for his rich, distinctive voice and acclaimed performances in film, television, and theater.
  • 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_69c009036c408190981a8d690b679b67 completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0209ff5d88190843b6d134390ab71 completed March 22, 2026, 5:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c059fc908c819087eb9b81fedffb4f completed March 22, 2026, 9:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c05bb6a334819094cff84f16f5285c completed March 22, 2026, 9:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c05c7a03948190b38e2dfcb04fd93e completed March 22, 2026, 9:17 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:38 p.m.