Triple
T8135141
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Devane |
E189950
|
entity |
| Predicate | portrayed |
P1668
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Greg Sumner in Knots Landing
Greg Sumner in *Knots Landing* is a powerful, often morally ambiguous businessman and politician whose complex relationships and schemes make him one of the soap opera’s central antiheroes.
|
E714169
|
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: Greg Sumner in Knots Landing | Statement: [William Devane, portrayed, Greg Sumner in Knots Landing]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Greg Sumner in Knots Landing Context triple: [William Devane, portrayed, Greg Sumner in Knots Landing]
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A.
Jody Baxter
Jody Baxter is the young boy protagonist of the classic American coming-of-age story "The Yearling," who forms a deep bond with an orphaned fawn in rural Florida.
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B.
Joseph Stonestreet
Joseph Stonestreet is an American singer best known as an early member of the R&B group Blackstreet.
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C.
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.
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D.
Den Watts
Den Watts is a notorious and charismatic fictional landlord and villain from the British soap opera *EastEnders*, best known for his tumultuous relationships and dramatic storylines.
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E.
Pat Harrington Jr.
Pat Harrington Jr. was an American actor and comedian best known for his Emmy-winning role as building superintendent Dwayne Schneider on the sitcom "One Day at a Time."
- 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: Greg Sumner in Knots Landing Triple: [William Devane, portrayed, Greg Sumner in Knots Landing]
Generated description
Greg Sumner in *Knots Landing* is a powerful, often morally ambiguous businessman and politician whose complex relationships and schemes make him one of the soap opera’s central antiheroes.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Greg Sumner in Knots Landing Target entity description: Greg Sumner in *Knots Landing* is a powerful, often morally ambiguous businessman and politician whose complex relationships and schemes make him one of the soap opera’s central antiheroes.
-
A.
Jody Baxter
Jody Baxter is the young boy protagonist of the classic American coming-of-age story "The Yearling," who forms a deep bond with an orphaned fawn in rural Florida.
-
B.
Joseph Stonestreet
Joseph Stonestreet is an American singer best known as an early member of the R&B group Blackstreet.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Den Watts
Den Watts is a notorious and charismatic fictional landlord and villain from the British soap opera *EastEnders*, best known for his tumultuous relationships and dramatic storylines.
-
E.
Pat Harrington Jr.
Pat Harrington Jr. was an American actor and comedian best known for his Emmy-winning role as building superintendent Dwayne Schneider on the sitcom "One Day at a Time."
- 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_69ca82bcb4848190a9a9d036ad768642 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb43fff6e0819086c95b571272b50c |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:48 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cc949065248190b67ba7aa2688903e |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cc95c180188190a2d541e8ea9a4c57 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:49 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cc970cf55c8190abf432ac68d6bbc3 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:54 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:35 p.m.