Triple

T9801653
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tim Matheson E237850 entity
Predicate playedCharacter P1507 FINISHED
Object Vice President John Hoynes
Vice President John Hoynes is a fictional U.S. vice president on the television series "The West Wing," known for his political ambition, personal flaws, and complex relationship with President Bartlet.
 E821721 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: Vice President John Hoynes | Statement: [Tim Matheson, playedCharacter, Vice President John Hoynes]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Vice President John Hoynes
Context triple: [Tim Matheson, playedCharacter, Vice President John Hoynes]
  • A. Vice President Bob Russell
    Vice President Bob Russell is a fictional U.S. vice president from the television series "The West Wing," known for his ambitious yet often underestimated political persona.
  • B. Joseph W. Martin Jr.
    Joseph W. Martin Jr. was an American Republican politician from Massachusetts who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and was a prominent congressional leader in the mid-20th century.
  • C. Eliot Richardson
    Eliot Richardson was an American lawyer, diplomat, and public official best known for serving in multiple U.S. Cabinet positions and for his principled resignation as Attorney General during the Watergate scandal.
  • D. John A. Mullen
    John A. Mullen is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Mullen, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
  • E. John F. Schreyer
    John F. Schreyer is an editor known for his work on the publication "Suddenly."
  • 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: Vice President John Hoynes
Triple: [Tim Matheson, playedCharacter, Vice President John Hoynes]
Generated description
Vice President John Hoynes is a fictional U.S. vice president on the television series "The West Wing," known for his political ambition, personal flaws, and complex relationship with President Bartlet.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Vice President John Hoynes
Target entity description: Vice President John Hoynes is a fictional U.S. vice president on the television series "The West Wing," known for his political ambition, personal flaws, and complex relationship with President Bartlet.
  • A. Vice President Bob Russell
    Vice President Bob Russell is a fictional U.S. vice president from the television series "The West Wing," known for his ambitious yet often underestimated political persona.
  • B. Joseph W. Martin Jr.
    Joseph W. Martin Jr. was an American Republican politician from Massachusetts who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and was a prominent congressional leader in the mid-20th century.
  • C. Eliot Richardson
    Eliot Richardson was an American lawyer, diplomat, and public official best known for serving in multiple U.S. Cabinet positions and for his principled resignation as Attorney General during the Watergate scandal.
  • D. John A. Mullen
    John A. Mullen is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Mullen, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
  • E. John F. Schreyer
    John F. Schreyer is an editor known for his work on the publication "Suddenly."
  • 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_69ca84dd4608819097ff4ed00feca280 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cda62b41048190bcef70a7591830c6 completed April 1, 2026, 11:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1c44edac48190a44fdfb858d0dbba completed April 5, 2026, 2:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1c50af000819087d643cc41a6fcc8 completed April 5, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1c5d39b288190b276371591a86399 completed April 5, 2026, 2:15 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:29 p.m.