Triple

T6479831
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis E146162 entity
Predicate Herbert T. GillisPortrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Frank Faylen
Frank Faylen was an American character actor best known for his supporting roles in classic films like "It's a Wonderful Life" and "The Lost Weekend," as well as numerous television appearances.
E597435 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Frank Faylen | Statement: [The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Herbert T. GillisPortrayedBy, Frank Faylen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Faylen
Context triple: [The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Herbert T. GillisPortrayedBy, Frank Faylen]
  • A. Jeremy Furstenfeld
    Jeremy Furstenfeld is the drummer of the American alternative rock band Blue October.
  • B. Anthony Ashnault
    Anthony Ashnault is an American wrestler best known as a multiple-time All-American and NCAA champion for Rutgers University.
  • C. Justin Furstenfeld
    Justin Furstenfeld is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band Blue October.
  • D. Nick Frenkel
    Nick Frenkel is a television producer best known for his work as an executive producer on the long-running comedy series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
  • E. James Fazy
    James Fazy was a 19th-century Swiss politician and radical liberal reformer who played a key role in shaping the modern canton of Geneva.
  • 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: Frank Faylen
Triple: [The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Herbert T. GillisPortrayedBy, Frank Faylen]
Generated description
Frank Faylen was an American character actor best known for his supporting roles in classic films like "It's a Wonderful Life" and "The Lost Weekend," as well as numerous television appearances.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Faylen
Target entity description: Frank Faylen was an American character actor best known for his supporting roles in classic films like "It's a Wonderful Life" and "The Lost Weekend," as well as numerous television appearances.
  • A. Jeremy Furstenfeld
    Jeremy Furstenfeld is the drummer of the American alternative rock band Blue October.
  • B. Anthony Ashnault
    Anthony Ashnault is an American wrestler best known as a multiple-time All-American and NCAA champion for Rutgers University.
  • C. Justin Furstenfeld
    Justin Furstenfeld is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band Blue October.
  • D. Nick Frenkel
    Nick Frenkel is a television producer best known for his work as an executive producer on the long-running comedy series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
  • E. James Fazy
    James Fazy was a 19th-century Swiss politician and radical liberal reformer who played a key role in shaping the modern canton of Geneva.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: Herbert T. GillisPortrayedBy
Context triple: [The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Herbert T. GillisPortrayedBy, Frank Faylen]
  • A. portrayedBy chosen
    Indicates that one entity serves as the actor or performer who represents or plays the role of another entity in a work or medium.
  • B. portrayedBySpouseOf
    Indicates that something is portrayed or depicted by the spouse of a given entity.
  • C. playedBy
    Indicates that a role, character, or performance is portrayed or executed by a specific person or agent.
  • D. Lincoln Lewis
    Indicates a relationship or association involving the entity or name "Lincoln Lewis," such as authorship, participation, or attribution in a given context.
  • E. supportingCharacterPortrayedBy
    Indicates that a supporting (non-leading) character in a work is portrayed or acted by a specific performer.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69c008fec7408190af7b146dc63d9750 completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c06a4e764c819086828bb841f588e0 completed March 22, 2026, 10:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c65fd4fd408190ac7505e5b562cd73 completed March 27, 2026, 10:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6606466988190a9e063ed3c5ac249 completed March 27, 2026, 10:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c660be61288190bf928c8ca9abd6a8 completed March 27, 2026, 10:49 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69c0673f6d48819080e10c85155c7195 completed March 22, 2026, 10:03 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:51 p.m.