Triple

T9258884
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Medium (TV series) E222518 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Lee Scanlon
Lee Scanlon is a central supporting character on the supernatural crime drama "Medium," serving as a skeptical but ultimately loyal detective who works closely with Allison Dubois to solve cases.
E799079 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: Lee Scanlon | Statement: [Medium (TV series), character, Lee Scanlon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lee Scanlon
Context triple: [Medium (TV series), character, Lee Scanlon]
  • A. Martin Boddey
    Martin Boddey was a British character actor known for his frequent supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television, often portraying authority figures such as policemen and officials.
  • B. Mark Sanger
    Mark Sanger is a British film editor best known for his Academy Award–winning work on the science fiction thriller "Gravity."
  • C. Len Garry
    Len Garry is a British musician best known as the original tea-chest bass player in The Quarrymen, the skiffle group that evolved into The Beatles.
  • D. Martin Cline
    Martin Cline is an American geneticist best known for performing one of the first attempts at human gene therapy in the early 1980s, which sparked major ethical debates in biomedical research.
  • E. Grant Sanger
    Grant Sanger was one of the children of birth control activist and Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger.
  • 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: Lee Scanlon
Triple: [Medium (TV series), character, Lee Scanlon]
Generated description
Lee Scanlon is a central supporting character on the supernatural crime drama "Medium," serving as a skeptical but ultimately loyal detective who works closely with Allison Dubois to solve cases.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lee Scanlon
Target entity description: Lee Scanlon is a central supporting character on the supernatural crime drama "Medium," serving as a skeptical but ultimately loyal detective who works closely with Allison Dubois to solve cases.
  • A. Martin Boddey
    Martin Boddey was a British character actor known for his frequent supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television, often portraying authority figures such as policemen and officials.
  • B. Mark Sanger
    Mark Sanger is a British film editor best known for his Academy Award–winning work on the science fiction thriller "Gravity."
  • C. Len Garry
    Len Garry is a British musician best known as the original tea-chest bass player in The Quarrymen, the skiffle group that evolved into The Beatles.
  • D. Martin Cline
    Martin Cline is an American geneticist best known for performing one of the first attempts at human gene therapy in the early 1980s, which sparked major ethical debates in biomedical research.
  • E. Grant Sanger
    Grant Sanger was one of the children of birth control activist and Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger.
  • 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_69ca841e4cd481908e738c74e958eaea completed March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd0714317481908405f857a4f49e74 completed April 1, 2026, 11:52 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d110107c4c819091037d83362b0021 completed April 4, 2026, 1:20 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d110eeddc881908661d110269b8a1c completed April 4, 2026, 1:23 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d111f3190c8190ba2fe5687212da25 completed April 4, 2026, 1:28 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:32 p.m.