Triple

T9872867
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Ratzenberger E240000 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Ratzenberger
Ratzenberger is the surname of American actor and voice artist John Ratzenberger, best known for his role as Cliff Clavin on "Cheers" and numerous Pixar film voice roles.
E826267 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: Ratzenberger | Statement: [John Ratzenberger, familyName, Ratzenberger]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ratzenberger
Context triple: [John Ratzenberger, familyName, Ratzenberger]
  • A. Daniel Stiepleman
    Daniel Stiepleman is an American screenwriter best known for writing the biographical legal drama film about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, "On the Basis of Sex."
  • B. Michael Blodgett
    Michael Blodgett was an American actor, screenwriter, and producer known for his work in film and television from the late 1960s onward.
  • C. Cullen Landis
    Cullen Landis was an American silent film actor prominent in the 1910s and 1920s, known for his boy-next-door roles in numerous dramas and comedies.
  • D. Gil Stratton
    Gil Stratton was an American character actor and sportscaster known for his roles in mid-20th-century films and television, as well as his long career in Los Angeles sports broadcasting.
  • E. Bo Kimble
    Bo Kimble is a former American college basketball star best known for leading Loyola Marymount University's high-scoring teams in the late 1980s and for his emotional tribute free throws shot left-handed in honor of teammate Hank Gathers.
  • 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: Ratzenberger
Triple: [John Ratzenberger, familyName, Ratzenberger]
Generated description
Ratzenberger is the surname of American actor and voice artist John Ratzenberger, best known for his role as Cliff Clavin on "Cheers" and numerous Pixar film voice roles.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ratzenberger
Target entity description: Ratzenberger is the surname of American actor and voice artist John Ratzenberger, best known for his role as Cliff Clavin on "Cheers" and numerous Pixar film voice roles.
  • A. Daniel Stiepleman
    Daniel Stiepleman is an American screenwriter best known for writing the biographical legal drama film about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, "On the Basis of Sex."
  • B. Michael Blodgett
    Michael Blodgett was an American actor, screenwriter, and producer known for his work in film and television from the late 1960s onward.
  • C. Cullen Landis
    Cullen Landis was an American silent film actor prominent in the 1910s and 1920s, known for his boy-next-door roles in numerous dramas and comedies.
  • D. Gil Stratton
    Gil Stratton was an American character actor and sportscaster known for his roles in mid-20th-century films and television, as well as his long career in Los Angeles sports broadcasting.
  • E. Bo Kimble
    Bo Kimble is a former American college basketball star best known for leading Loyola Marymount University's high-scoring teams in the late 1980s and for his emotional tribute free throws shot left-handed in honor of teammate Hank Gathers.
  • 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_69ca84e8a0788190b9061811d50fd554 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb3f754008190abe3fe034b42908e completed April 2, 2026, 12:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1e46f18148190a36af7e7d7487205 completed April 5, 2026, 4:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1e52132188190ad96780fd75dfa1b completed April 5, 2026, 4:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1e57697a08190a3608f5ad6e306f1 completed April 5, 2026, 4:30 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:37 p.m.