Triple

T9839440
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Onion Field E239183 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Franklyn Seales
Franklyn Seales was an American actor best known for his role as Dexter Stuffins on the 1980s sitcom "Silver Spoons" and for his work in film, television, and theater.
E830460 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: Franklyn Seales | Statement: [The Onion Field, starring, Franklyn Seales]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Franklyn Seales
Context triple: [The Onion Field, starring, Franklyn Seales]
  • A. Lawrence Payton
    Lawrence Payton was an American singer, songwriter, and arranger best known as a founding member of the Motown vocal group the Four Tops.
  • B. Jamaal Wilkes
    Jamaal Wilkes is a Hall of Fame American basketball player best known for his smooth scoring and key role on multiple NBA championship teams, particularly with the Los Angeles Lakers.
  • C. Reggie Johnson
    Reggie Johnson is an American jazz double bassist known for his work in the hard bop and post-bop scenes from the 1960s onward.
  • D. Calvin Jarrett
    Calvin Jarrett is a central character in the film "Ordinary People," depicted as a conflicted suburban father struggling to hold his family together after a tragic loss.
  • E. Marcell Johnson
    Marcell Johnson is the son of acclaimed American actress Taraji P. Henson and has occasionally appeared in film and television projects.
  • 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: Franklyn Seales
Triple: [The Onion Field, starring, Franklyn Seales]
Generated description
Franklyn Seales was an American actor best known for his role as Dexter Stuffins on the 1980s sitcom "Silver Spoons" and for his work in film, television, and theater.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Franklyn Seales
Target entity description: Franklyn Seales was an American actor best known for his role as Dexter Stuffins on the 1980s sitcom "Silver Spoons" and for his work in film, television, and theater.
  • A. Lawrence Payton
    Lawrence Payton was an American singer, songwriter, and arranger best known as a founding member of the Motown vocal group the Four Tops.
  • B. Jamaal Wilkes
    Jamaal Wilkes is a Hall of Fame American basketball player best known for his smooth scoring and key role on multiple NBA championship teams, particularly with the Los Angeles Lakers.
  • C. Reggie Johnson
    Reggie Johnson is an American jazz double bassist known for his work in the hard bop and post-bop scenes from the 1960s onward.
  • D. Calvin Jarrett
    Calvin Jarrett is a central character in the film "Ordinary People," depicted as a conflicted suburban father struggling to hold his family together after a tragic loss.
  • E. Marcell Johnson
    Marcell Johnson is the son of acclaimed American actress Taraji P. Henson and has occasionally appeared in film and television projects.
  • 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_69ca84e3f0c48190ada72a65ebd50efd completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb34b045481908f89abd576aab497 completed April 2, 2026, 12:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d22871bfe48190909467f07eda0118 completed April 5, 2026, 9:16 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d22990ef5881908b6a6100d7dcf6e6 completed April 5, 2026, 9:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d22a0cb0808190a6119dc0268c50b9 completed April 5, 2026, 9:23 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:33 p.m.