Triple

T1199841
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gunga Din E25754 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht was a prolific American screenwriter, playwright, and novelist renowned for his sharp dialogue and influential work on classic Hollywood films such as "Scarface" and "Notorious."
E137420 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: Ben Hecht | Statement: [Gunga Din, screenwriter, Ben Hecht]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Hecht
Context triple: [Gunga Din, screenwriter, Ben Hecht]
  • A. Wallace Thurman
    Wallace Thurman was an American novelist, editor, and critic best known for his central role in the Harlem Renaissance and his novel "The Blacker the Berry."
  • B. Sidney Howard
    Sidney Howard was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for adapting Margaret Mitchell’s novel into the Academy Award–winning screenplay for the film "Gone with the Wind."
  • C. Moss Hart
    Moss Hart was a prominent American playwright and director best known for his Broadway collaborations with George S. Kaufman and his influential contributions to mid-20th-century theater and film.
  • D. Irving Morrow
    Irving Morrow was an American architect best known for designing the Art Deco elements and iconic International Orange color scheme of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.
  • E. Paddy Chayefsky
    Paddy Chayefsky was an American playwright and screenwriter renowned for his sharp, satirical dramas and is widely regarded as one of the most influential writers 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: Ben Hecht
Triple: [Gunga Din, screenwriter, Ben Hecht]
Generated description
Ben Hecht was a prolific American screenwriter, playwright, and novelist renowned for his sharp dialogue and influential work on classic Hollywood films such as "Scarface" and "Notorious."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Hecht
Target entity description: Ben Hecht was a prolific American screenwriter, playwright, and novelist renowned for his sharp dialogue and influential work on classic Hollywood films such as "Scarface" and "Notorious."
  • A. Wallace Thurman
    Wallace Thurman was an American novelist, editor, and critic best known for his central role in the Harlem Renaissance and his novel "The Blacker the Berry."
  • B. Sidney Howard
    Sidney Howard was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for adapting Margaret Mitchell’s novel into the Academy Award–winning screenplay for the film "Gone with the Wind."
  • C. Moss Hart
    Moss Hart was a prominent American playwright and director best known for his Broadway collaborations with George S. Kaufman and his influential contributions to mid-20th-century theater and film.
  • D. Irving Morrow
    Irving Morrow was an American architect best known for designing the Art Deco elements and iconic International Orange color scheme of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.
  • E. Paddy Chayefsky
    Paddy Chayefsky was an American playwright and screenwriter renowned for his sharp, satirical dramas and is widely regarded as one of the most influential writers 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_69a49429f5ec8190a6a205eb0ae81e5e completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bd9d56748190a12fe4a30346f1d8 completed March 1, 2026, 10:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac7f383a1c8190932e4b200fec02b5 completed March 7, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac7fbadd08819090ef4a9aff3bef0b completed March 7, 2026, 7:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac8022a6b08190ba6a1448cebe6017 completed March 7, 2026, 7:44 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:46 p.m.