Triple

T9969897
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Life in Pieces E196176 entity
Predicate stars P1956 FINISHED
Object Dan Bakkedahl
Dan Bakkedahl is an American actor and comedian known for his character roles in television series such as Veep and Life in Pieces, as well as numerous film and sketch-comedy appearances.
E831779 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 Bakkedahl | Statement: [Life in Pieces, stars, Dan Bakkedahl]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dan Bakkedahl
Context triple: [Life in Pieces, stars, Dan Bakkedahl]
  • A. Michael Christensen
    Michael Christensen is a Danish professional racing driver known for competing in international sports car and endurance racing events, including the FIA World Endurance Championship.
  • B. Douglas Hegdahl
    Douglas Hegdahl is a former U.S. Navy sailor and Vietnam War prisoner of war known for his remarkable memory, which he used to secretly record details about fellow POWs while held at the "Hanoi Hilton" and later provide crucial testimony about their treatment.
  • C. Warren Skaaren
    Warren Skaaren was an American screenwriter and script doctor best known for his work on major 1980s films such as "Beetlejuice" and "Batman."
  • D. John Boegehold
    John Boegehold is an American musician, songwriter, and producer best known for his long-running collaboration with progressive rock band Spock’s Beard and for co-founding the prog supergroup Pattern-Seeking Animals.
  • E. John M. Johansen
    John M. Johansen was a prominent American modernist architect known for his experimental, sculptural designs and membership in the influential group of architects known as the Harvard Five.
  • 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 Bakkedahl
Triple: [Life in Pieces, stars, Dan Bakkedahl]
Generated description
Dan Bakkedahl is an American actor and comedian known for his character roles in television series such as Veep and Life in Pieces, as well as numerous film and sketch-comedy appearances.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dan Bakkedahl
Target entity description: Dan Bakkedahl is an American actor and comedian known for his character roles in television series such as Veep and Life in Pieces, as well as numerous film and sketch-comedy appearances.
  • A. Michael Christensen
    Michael Christensen is a Danish professional racing driver known for competing in international sports car and endurance racing events, including the FIA World Endurance Championship.
  • B. Douglas Hegdahl
    Douglas Hegdahl is a former U.S. Navy sailor and Vietnam War prisoner of war known for his remarkable memory, which he used to secretly record details about fellow POWs while held at the "Hanoi Hilton" and later provide crucial testimony about their treatment.
  • C. Warren Skaaren
    Warren Skaaren was an American screenwriter and script doctor best known for his work on major 1980s films such as "Beetlejuice" and "Batman."
  • D. John Boegehold
    John Boegehold is an American musician, songwriter, and producer best known for his long-running collaboration with progressive rock band Spock’s Beard and for co-founding the prog supergroup Pattern-Seeking Animals.
  • E. John M. Johansen
    John M. Johansen was a prominent American modernist architect known for his experimental, sculptural designs and membership in the influential group of architects known as the Harvard Five.
  • 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_69d23dca14d081909573e91a576921c9 completed April 5, 2026, 10:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d23f63a0d08190a3ace2e4bb58a9ac completed April 5, 2026, 10:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d23ff6fdc4819082d8d575a3901ea8 completed April 5, 2026, 10:56 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:48 p.m.