Triple

T6067331
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject MADtv E135192 entity
Predicate notableCastMember P7010 FINISHED
Object Michael McDonald
Michael McDonald is an American actor and comedian best known for his long-running work and memorable characters on the sketch comedy series MADtv.
E565470 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 McDonald | Statement: [MADtv, notableCastMember, Michael McDonald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael McDonald
Context triple: [MADtv, notableCastMember, Michael McDonald]
  • A. Michael McDonald
    Michael McDonald is an American singer, songwriter, and keyboardist known for his soulful baritone voice and work with the Doobie Brothers as well as a successful solo career.
  • B. Michael J. McDonald
    Michael J. McDonald is a television producer best known for his work on the critically acclaimed anthology series "American Crime."
  • C. Peabo Bryson
    Peabo Bryson is an American R&B and soul singer best known for his powerful ballads and duets, including several hit Disney movie theme songs.
  • D. Timothy B. Schmit
    Timothy B. Schmit is an American bassist, singer, and songwriter best known for his long tenure with the rock band Eagles and his contributions to their harmonies and hit songs.
  • E. Kenny Loggins
    Kenny Loggins is an American singer-songwriter best known for his soft rock hits and iconic 1980s movie soundtrack songs such as "Footloose" and "Danger Zone."
  • 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 McDonald
Triple: [MADtv, notableCastMember, Michael McDonald]
Generated description
Michael McDonald is an American actor and comedian best known for his long-running work and memorable characters on the sketch comedy series MADtv.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael McDonald
Target entity description: Michael McDonald is an American actor and comedian best known for his long-running work and memorable characters on the sketch comedy series MADtv.
  • A. Michael McDonald
    Michael McDonald is an American singer, songwriter, and keyboardist known for his soulful baritone voice and work with the Doobie Brothers as well as a successful solo career.
  • B. Michael J. McDonald
    Michael J. McDonald is a television producer best known for his work on the critically acclaimed anthology series "American Crime."
  • C. Peabo Bryson
    Peabo Bryson is an American R&B and soul singer best known for his powerful ballads and duets, including several hit Disney movie theme songs.
  • D. Timothy B. Schmit
    Timothy B. Schmit is an American bassist, singer, and songwriter best known for his long tenure with the rock band Eagles and his contributions to their harmonies and hit songs.
  • E. Kenny Loggins
    Kenny Loggins is an American singer-songwriter best known for his soft rock hits and iconic 1980s movie soundtrack songs such as "Footloose" and "Danger Zone."
  • 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_69c00879e8048190b690717d19c5bc03 completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0573f17088190a728f1c290cc9d1d completed March 22, 2026, 8:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c11d297ff88190a01b98f7ec9d9cf1 completed March 23, 2026, 10:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c11e956aa08190ac3fef49fb67471c completed March 23, 2026, 11:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c11f05ff9081908adc7f40fa12e834 completed March 23, 2026, 11:07 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:10 p.m.