Triple

T9969788
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dan in Real Life E196174 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Dan Burns
Dan Burns is the widowed advice columnist and devoted father at the center of the romantic comedy-drama film "Dan in Real Life."
E840250 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: Dan Burns | Statement: [Dan in Real Life, mainCharacter, Dan Burns]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dan Burns
Context triple: [Dan in Real Life, mainCharacter, Dan Burns]
  • A. Dan Burden
    Dan Burden is an American cycling and walkability advocate best known for co-founding the Adventure Cycling Association and promoting bicycle-friendly community design.
  • B. Jonathan Oldbuck
    Jonathan Oldbuck is a fictional, eccentric antiquary and amateur historian who serves as the central figure in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Antiquary."
  • C. Jere Burns
    Jere Burns is an American character actor known for his sharp, often villainous or darkly comedic roles in television series such as "Dear John," "Justified," and "Burn Notice."
  • D. Dan Jinks
    Dan Jinks is an American film and television producer best known for acclaimed movies such as "American Beauty" and "Big Fish."
  • E. Ken Drake
    Ken Drake was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television.
  • 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: Dan Burns
Triple: [Dan in Real Life, mainCharacter, Dan Burns]
Generated description
Dan Burns is the widowed advice columnist and devoted father at the center of the romantic comedy-drama film "Dan in Real Life."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dan Burns
Target entity description: Dan Burns is the widowed advice columnist and devoted father at the center of the romantic comedy-drama film "Dan in Real Life."
  • A. Dan Burden
    Dan Burden is an American cycling and walkability advocate best known for co-founding the Adventure Cycling Association and promoting bicycle-friendly community design.
  • B. Jonathan Oldbuck
    Jonathan Oldbuck is a fictional, eccentric antiquary and amateur historian who serves as the central figure in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Antiquary."
  • C. Jere Burns
    Jere Burns is an American character actor known for his sharp, often villainous or darkly comedic roles in television series such as "Dear John," "Justified," and "Burn Notice."
  • D. Dan Jinks
    Dan Jinks is an American film and television producer best known for acclaimed movies such as "American Beauty" and "Big Fish."
  • E. Ken Drake
    Ken Drake was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television.
  • 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_69ca82eea2b88190a0e511d21a31f386 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb7b7ea9881908a56f11e2e446dd0 completed April 2, 2026, 12:26 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d2b5d295908190a064fb72d65b6e24 completed April 5, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d2b741cad481909f04e2f8da68753c completed April 5, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d2b805afa08190a43745d764a75050 completed April 5, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:48 p.m.