Triple

T12424810
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject They Shoot Horses, Don't They? E296869 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Robert E. Thompson
Robert E. Thompson was an American screenwriter best known for his work on the acclaimed 1969 film "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?".
 E1044104 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: Robert E. Thompson | Statement: [They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, screenwriter, Robert E. Thompson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert E. Thompson
Context triple: [They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, screenwriter, Robert E. Thompson]
  • A. Joseph C. Thompson
    Joseph C. Thompson is an American arts administrator best known for leading the development and long-term growth of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) into a major contemporary art institution.
  • B. Joseph C. Thompson
    Joseph C. Thompson is an individual whose specific public role or notability cannot be determined from the given information alone.
  • C. Carl E. Thompson
    Carl E. Thompson, better known as Chucky Thompson, was an American hip-hop and R&B record producer and member of Bad Boy Entertainment’s famed "Hitmen" production team.
  • D. Clark W. Thompson
    Clark W. Thompson was a long-serving mid-20th-century Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas known for his influence on maritime and veterans’ affairs legislation.
  • E. Edward K. Thompson
    Edward K. Thompson was an influential American magazine editor best known for his leadership at Life magazine during its mid-20th-century heyday.
  • 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: Robert E. Thompson
Triple: [They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, screenwriter, Robert E. Thompson]
Generated description
Robert E. Thompson was an American screenwriter best known for his work on the acclaimed 1969 film "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?".
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert E. Thompson
Target entity description: Robert E. Thompson was an American screenwriter best known for his work on the acclaimed 1969 film "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?".
  • A. Joseph C. Thompson
    Joseph C. Thompson is an individual whose specific public role or notability cannot be determined from the given information alone.
  • B. Joseph C. Thompson
    Joseph C. Thompson is an American arts administrator best known for leading the development and long-term growth of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) into a major contemporary art institution.
  • C. Carl E. Thompson
    Carl E. Thompson, better known as Chucky Thompson, was an American hip-hop and R&B record producer and member of Bad Boy Entertainment’s famed "Hitmen" production team.
  • D. Clark W. Thompson
    Clark W. Thompson was a long-serving mid-20th-century Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas known for his influence on maritime and veterans’ affairs legislation.
  • E. Edward K. Thompson
    Edward K. Thompson was an influential American magazine editor best known for his leadership at Life magazine during its mid-20th-century heyday.
  • 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_69d6ada0640c81908c061d7fb3d47786 completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d94d7b6bd08190b30beba393a5b1e7 completed April 10, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f75464d85c8190a4c27f22cfd7dc96 completed May 3, 2026, 1:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f75595c874819088c192f9f5d31f01 completed May 3, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7560bf3f88190847adca083f236fe completed May 3, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:55 p.m.