Triple
T7530239
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Knots Landing |
E178002
|
entity |
| Predicate | starring |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ted Shackelford
Ted Shackelford is an American actor best known for his long-running role as Gary Ewing on the television soap opera Knots Landing and its parent series Dallas.
|
E669477
|
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: Ted Shackelford | Statement: [Knots Landing, starring, Ted Shackelford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ted Shackelford Context triple: [Knots Landing, starring, Ted Shackelford]
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A.
George Shively
George Shively was an early 20th-century Negro league outfielder known for his speed, strong defense, and key role on several prominent Black baseball teams.
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B.
K. T. McFarland
K. T. McFarland is an American foreign policy analyst and former government official who served in senior national security roles, including in the Trump administration.
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C.
Roger Toothaker
Roger Toothaker was a colonial New England healer and folk practitioner who became one of the accused during the Salem witch trials of 1692.
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D.
Kent L. Wakeford
Kent L. Wakeford was an American cinematographer known for his work on influential 1970s films, particularly in collaboration with director Martin Scorsese.
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E.
Frank Shannon
Frank Shannon was an Irish-American character actor best known for his roles in early 20th-century films and serials, particularly in science fiction and adventure genres.
- 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: Ted Shackelford Triple: [Knots Landing, starring, Ted Shackelford]
Generated description
Ted Shackelford is an American actor best known for his long-running role as Gary Ewing on the television soap opera Knots Landing and its parent series Dallas.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ted Shackelford Target entity description: Ted Shackelford is an American actor best known for his long-running role as Gary Ewing on the television soap opera Knots Landing and its parent series Dallas.
-
A.
George Shively
George Shively was an early 20th-century Negro league outfielder known for his speed, strong defense, and key role on several prominent Black baseball teams.
-
B.
K. T. McFarland
K. T. McFarland is an American foreign policy analyst and former government official who served in senior national security roles, including in the Trump administration.
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C.
Roger Toothaker
Roger Toothaker was a colonial New England healer and folk practitioner who became one of the accused during the Salem witch trials of 1692.
-
D.
Kent L. Wakeford
Kent L. Wakeford was an American cinematographer known for his work on influential 1970s films, particularly in collaboration with director Martin Scorsese.
-
E.
Frank Shannon
Frank Shannon was an Irish-American character actor best known for his roles in early 20th-century films and serials, particularly in science fiction and adventure genres.
- 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_69c69f2acdbc8190b5a8320168c1d0ba |
completed | March 27, 2026, 3:15 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f81fbd4c8190b8ffedf1dbbb43aa |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:35 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c8463e08ac8190abd4d19b58067233 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:21 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c846b326088190b93a32c70bcc97ca |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:22 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c8479490688190bc56b5a21d779b18 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:26 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:47 p.m.