Triple

T9854595
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject And the Band Played On E239551 entity
Predicate portrays P264 FINISHED
Object Don Francis
Don Francis is an American epidemiologist and public health official known for his early work on HIV/AIDS research and prevention.
E827230 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: Don Francis | Statement: [And the Band Played On, portrays, Don Francis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Don Francis
Context triple: [And the Band Played On, portrays, Don Francis]
  • A. Phil Donahue
    Phil Donahue is an American television host and media pioneer best known for creating and hosting the long-running, audience-participation talk show "The Phil Donahue Show."
  • B. George McGinnis
    George McGinnis is a Hall of Fame American basketball forward known for his dominant scoring and rebounding in the ABA and NBA during the 1970s, particularly with the Indiana Pacers and Philadelphia 76ers.
  • C. Bob Fouts
    Bob Fouts was an American sportscaster best known for his long career as a play-by-play announcer for San Francisco Bay Area sports teams.
  • D. Morton Downey
    Morton Downey was an American singer and entertainer active in the early 20th century, known for his popular recordings and radio performances.
  • E. Tom Snyder
    Tom Snyder was an American television personality and pioneering late-night talk show host known for his in-depth, conversational interview style on programs like "Tomorrow" and "The Late Late Show."
  • 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: Don Francis
Triple: [And the Band Played On, portrays, Don Francis]
Generated description
Don Francis is an American epidemiologist and public health official known for his early work on HIV/AIDS research and prevention.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Don Francis
Target entity description: Don Francis is an American epidemiologist and public health official known for his early work on HIV/AIDS research and prevention.
  • A. Phil Donahue
    Phil Donahue is an American television host and media pioneer best known for creating and hosting the long-running, audience-participation talk show "The Phil Donahue Show."
  • B. George McGinnis
    George McGinnis is a Hall of Fame American basketball forward known for his dominant scoring and rebounding in the ABA and NBA during the 1970s, particularly with the Indiana Pacers and Philadelphia 76ers.
  • C. Bob Fouts
    Bob Fouts was an American sportscaster best known for his long career as a play-by-play announcer for San Francisco Bay Area sports teams.
  • D. Morton Downey
    Morton Downey was an American singer and entertainer active in the early 20th century, known for his popular recordings and radio performances.
  • E. Tom Snyder
    Tom Snyder was an American television personality and pioneering late-night talk show host known for his in-depth, conversational interview style on programs like "Tomorrow" and "The Late Late Show."
  • 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_69ca84e4fdc08190a624425bcef98665 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb3960fb481909c90d6d6cafc6222 completed April 2, 2026, 12:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1ead91ee88190bd4cb28ab16bf703 completed April 5, 2026, 4:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1eb79be388190853e0e7c29287294 completed April 5, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1ebf0a99081908ae0c4bceadc42bc completed April 5, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:34 p.m.