Triple

T10225561
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Leftovers E243194 entity
Predicate creator P184 FINISHED
Object Tom Perrotta
Tom Perrotta is an American novelist and screenwriter known for his darkly comic, character-driven stories that often explore suburban life and moral ambiguity.
 E852778 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: Tom Perrotta | Statement: [The Leftovers, creator, Tom Perrotta]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tom Perrotta
Context triple: [The Leftovers, creator, Tom Perrotta]
  • A. Sam Lipsyte
    Sam Lipsyte is an American novelist and short story writer known for his darkly comic, satirical fiction exploring contemporary alienation and absurdity.
  • B. David Greenwalt
    David Greenwalt is an American television producer, writer, and director best known for his work on genre series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel.
  • C. Paul Rudnick
    Paul Rudnick is an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter known for his sharp wit and contributions to both stage and film comedies.
  • D. Brian Koppelman
    Brian Koppelman is an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for co-writing films like "Rounders" and "Ocean's Thirteen" and co-creating the TV series "Billions."
  • E. Stephen Brooks
    Stephen Brooks was an American actor best known for his television roles in the 1960s and 1970s, including appearances in crime and drama series.
  • 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: Tom Perrotta
Triple: [The Leftovers, creator, Tom Perrotta]
Generated description
Tom Perrotta is an American novelist and screenwriter known for his darkly comic, character-driven stories that often explore suburban life and moral ambiguity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tom Perrotta
Target entity description: Tom Perrotta is an American novelist and screenwriter known for his darkly comic, character-driven stories that often explore suburban life and moral ambiguity.
  • A. Sam Lipsyte
    Sam Lipsyte is an American novelist and short story writer known for his darkly comic, satirical fiction exploring contemporary alienation and absurdity.
  • B. David Greenwalt
    David Greenwalt is an American television producer, writer, and director best known for his work on genre series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel.
  • C. Paul Rudnick
    Paul Rudnick is an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter known for his sharp wit and contributions to both stage and film comedies.
  • D. Brian Koppelman
    Brian Koppelman is an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for co-writing films like "Rounders" and "Ocean's Thirteen" and co-creating the TV series "Billions."
  • E. Stephen Brooks
    Stephen Brooks was an American actor best known for his television roles in the 1960s and 1970s, including appearances in crime and drama series.
  • 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_69d381b0f97c819085c9b45799a5fb7c completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d4d1f9cf6c81909a6b9e9b9d0a79fe completed April 7, 2026, 9:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d6f715bea881909da9d0749fa6420f completed April 9, 2026, 12:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d6fcaa16788190a4c7ef79a78febc6 completed April 9, 2026, 1:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d6fd6d705c81908e469068937a79b3 completed April 9, 2026, 1:14 a.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:17 a.m.