Triple

T8476326
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject NCIS: Sydney E200401 entity
Predicate hasActor P1668 FINISHED
Object William McInnes
William McInnes is an Australian actor and writer known for his work in film and television, including prominent roles in series such as NCIS: Sydney.
 E752701 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: William McInnes | Statement: [NCIS: Sydney, hasActor, William McInnes]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William McInnes
Context triple: [NCIS: Sydney, hasActor, William McInnes]
  • A. John MacInnes
    John MacInnes was a highly successful and influential college ice hockey coach best known for building Michigan Tech into a national powerhouse during his long tenure.
  • B. James McMillan
    James McMillan is a relatively obscure individual about whom only limited public information is available, making it difficult to identify a specific notable role or achievement.
  • C. James Naughtie
    James Naughtie is a Scottish broadcaster and journalist best known as a long-serving presenter of BBC Radio 4’s flagship news programme, Today.
  • D. Bill McKechnie
    Bill McKechnie was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball manager renowned for leading multiple teams to World Series titles during the early 20th century.
  • E. Richard Macdonald
    Richard Macdonald was a British production designer and art director known for his distinctive visual work on films including the 1991 movie "The Addams Family."
  • 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: William McInnes
Triple: [NCIS: Sydney, hasActor, William McInnes]
Generated description
William McInnes is an Australian actor and writer known for his work in film and television, including prominent roles in series such as NCIS: Sydney.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William McInnes
Target entity description: William McInnes is an Australian actor and writer known for his work in film and television, including prominent roles in series such as NCIS: Sydney.
  • A. John MacInnes
    John MacInnes was a highly successful and influential college ice hockey coach best known for building Michigan Tech into a national powerhouse during his long tenure.
  • B. James McMillan
    James McMillan is a relatively obscure individual about whom only limited public information is available, making it difficult to identify a specific notable role or achievement.
  • C. James Naughtie
    James Naughtie is a Scottish broadcaster and journalist best known as a long-serving presenter of BBC Radio 4’s flagship news programme, Today.
  • D. Bill McKechnie
    Bill McKechnie was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball manager renowned for leading multiple teams to World Series titles during the early 20th century.
  • E. Richard Macdonald
    Richard Macdonald was a British production designer and art director known for his distinctive visual work on films including the 1991 movie "The Addams Family."
  • 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_69ca831b17988190a1f3f3413d57b820 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe51e21548190811e3c7ba7b196e5 completed March 31, 2026, 3:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf27e1bda481909062b9259a168eb0 completed April 3, 2026, 2:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf2a6a91d48190aa7d45b0a010f261 completed April 3, 2026, 2:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf2c0aace08190aca839c39e718c52 completed April 3, 2026, 2:55 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:12 p.m.