Triple

T10032221
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind E204877 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Dr. Howard Mierzwiak
Dr. Howard Mierzwiak is the founder and lead scientist of the memory-erasure company Lacuna, Inc. in the film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind."
E837172 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: Dr. Howard Mierzwiak | Statement: [Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, character, Dr. Howard Mierzwiak]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Howard Mierzwiak
Context triple: [Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, character, Dr. Howard Mierzwiak]
  • A. Dr. Robert Doback
    Dr. Robert Doback is a fictional, long-suffering father figure and stepfather in the comedy film "Step Brothers," portrayed by actor Richard Jenkins.
  • B. Dr. Robert Hoffstetler
    Dr. Robert Hoffstetler is a Soviet spy posing as an American scientist who secretly aids the captive Amphibian Man in the film "The Shape of Water."
  • C. Robert M. Weitman
    Robert M. Weitman was an American film producer active in mid-20th-century Hollywood, known for overseeing a range of studio features and genre films.
  • D. Irwin Weil
    Irwin Weil is an American scholar and professor emeritus known for his work in Russian and Slavic literature and culture.
  • E. Maurice Ostrer
    Maurice Ostrer was a British film executive best known for leading and shaping the output of the prominent mid-20th-century studio Gainsborough Pictures.
  • 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: Dr. Howard Mierzwiak
Triple: [Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, character, Dr. Howard Mierzwiak]
Generated description
Dr. Howard Mierzwiak is the founder and lead scientist of the memory-erasure company Lacuna, Inc. in the film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Howard Mierzwiak
Target entity description: Dr. Howard Mierzwiak is the founder and lead scientist of the memory-erasure company Lacuna, Inc. in the film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind."
  • A. Dr. Robert Doback
    Dr. Robert Doback is a fictional, long-suffering father figure and stepfather in the comedy film "Step Brothers," portrayed by actor Richard Jenkins.
  • B. Dr. Robert Hoffstetler
    Dr. Robert Hoffstetler is a Soviet spy posing as an American scientist who secretly aids the captive Amphibian Man in the film "The Shape of Water."
  • C. Robert M. Weitman
    Robert M. Weitman was an American film producer active in mid-20th-century Hollywood, known for overseeing a range of studio features and genre films.
  • D. Irwin Weil
    Irwin Weil is an American scholar and professor emeritus known for his work in Russian and Slavic literature and culture.
  • E. Maurice Ostrer
    Maurice Ostrer was a British film executive best known for leading and shaping the output of the prominent mid-20th-century studio Gainsborough Pictures.
  • 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_69ca834d77188190ad645e33e8ca3200 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdce461d6481908cc8f968856e0337 completed April 2, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d282478578819085ca00fe140bb6c1 completed April 5, 2026, 3:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d283c516708190b3a1c363841787fc completed April 5, 2026, 3:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d284956730819099e5cd918e722fd8 completed April 5, 2026, 3:49 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:54 p.m.