Triple

T7849219
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Spin City E182000 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Paul Lassiter
Paul Lassiter is a bumbling, neurotic press secretary and one of the main comedic characters on the television sitcom "Spin City."
 E699914 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: Paul Lassiter | Statement: [Spin City, character, Paul Lassiter]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Paul Lassiter
Context triple: [Spin City, character, Paul Lassiter]
  • A. Phil Balsley
    Phil Balsley is an American country and gospel singer best known as the baritone vocalist and founding member of the award-winning group The Statler Brothers.
  • B. Maury Sterling
    Maury Sterling is an American actor best known for his role as surveillance expert Max in the television series "Homeland."
  • C. Paul Benedict
    Paul Benedict was an American character actor best known for his comedic roles on television and in film, including his portrayal of the eccentric English neighbor Harry Bentley on the sitcom "The Jeffersons."
  • D. Danny Masterson
    Danny Masterson is an American actor best known for playing Steven Hyde on the sitcom "That '70s Show."
  • E. Eddie Sawyer
    Eddie Sawyer was an American Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the Philadelphia Phillies' "Whiz Kids" to the 1950 National League pennant.
  • 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: Paul Lassiter
Triple: [Spin City, character, Paul Lassiter]
Generated description
Paul Lassiter is a bumbling, neurotic press secretary and one of the main comedic characters on the television sitcom "Spin City."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Paul Lassiter
Target entity description: Paul Lassiter is a bumbling, neurotic press secretary and one of the main comedic characters on the television sitcom "Spin City."
  • A. Phil Balsley
    Phil Balsley is an American country and gospel singer best known as the baritone vocalist and founding member of the award-winning group The Statler Brothers.
  • B. Maury Sterling
    Maury Sterling is an American actor best known for his role as surveillance expert Max in the television series "Homeland."
  • C. Paul Benedict
    Paul Benedict was an American character actor best known for his comedic roles on television and in film, including his portrayal of the eccentric English neighbor Harry Bentley on the sitcom "The Jeffersons."
  • D. Danny Masterson
    Danny Masterson is an American actor best known for playing Steven Hyde on the sitcom "That '70s Show."
  • E. Eddie Sawyer
    Eddie Sawyer was an American Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the Philadelphia Phillies' "Whiz Kids" to the 1950 National League pennant.
  • 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_69ca82869ee08190b8f9040dbc2c0467 completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb18e989ac819090e459b77d8932d3 completed March 31, 2026, 12:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cb5b0515c08190b866a39749d54849 completed March 31, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cb762eab0881909c5035b3086dfdd9 completed March 31, 2026, 7:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cbb801cc0c8190864d28e199eb5e67 completed March 31, 2026, 12:03 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:50 p.m.