Triple

T8268451
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Young Sheldon E193358 entity
Predicate stars P1956 FINISHED
Object Lance Barber
Lance Barber is an American television actor best known for his role as George Cooper Sr., Sheldon’s father, on the sitcom *Young Sheldon*.
 E729252 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: Lance Barber | Statement: [Young Sheldon, stars, Lance Barber]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lance Barber
Context triple: [Young Sheldon, stars, Lance Barber]
  • A. Leo Parker
    Leo Parker was an American baritone saxophonist known for his work in the bebop and hard bop jazz scenes of the 1940s and 1950s.
  • B. Brian David Willis
    Brian David Willis is a musician best known as a member of the American rock band Quarterflash.
  • C. Jason Ralph
    Jason Ralph is an American actor best known for his role as Quentin Coldwater on the television series "The Magicians."
  • D. Michael Culver
    Michael Culver is a British actor known for his character roles in film and television, including appearances in productions such as "A Passage to India" and "The Empire Strikes Back."
  • E. Chris Dabaldo
    Chris Dabaldo is a musician best known as a guitarist for the American rock band Saliva.
  • 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: Lance Barber
Triple: [Young Sheldon, stars, Lance Barber]
Generated description
Lance Barber is an American television actor best known for his role as George Cooper Sr., Sheldon’s father, on the sitcom *Young Sheldon*.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lance Barber
Target entity description: Lance Barber is an American television actor best known for his role as George Cooper Sr., Sheldon’s father, on the sitcom *Young Sheldon*.
  • A. Leo Parker
    Leo Parker was an American baritone saxophonist known for his work in the bebop and hard bop jazz scenes of the 1940s and 1950s.
  • B. Brian David Willis
    Brian David Willis is a musician best known as a member of the American rock band Quarterflash.
  • C. Jason Ralph
    Jason Ralph is an American actor best known for his role as Quentin Coldwater on the television series "The Magicians."
  • D. Michael Culver
    Michael Culver is a British actor known for his character roles in film and television, including appearances in productions such as "A Passage to India" and "The Empire Strikes Back."
  • E. Chris Dabaldo
    Chris Dabaldo is a musician best known as a guitarist for the American rock band Saliva.
  • 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_69ca82e081d48190986beaa51f498ab9 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb795127ac81908196008f5579f83f completed March 31, 2026, 7:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cde75a2e048190b0de47a21e662baa completed April 2, 2026, 3:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cdeb1fa7308190810b1fcc2184374a completed April 2, 2026, 4:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cdec3081d88190ad0699f9072d3fc7 completed April 2, 2026, 4:10 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:50 p.m.