Triple

T14834643
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sam Waterston E348796 entity
Predicate portrayed P1668 FINISHED
Object Sydney Schanberg
Sydney Schanberg was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist best known for his coverage of the Cambodian genocide and the basis for the film "The Killing Fields."
E1122117 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: Sydney Schanberg | Statement: [Sam Waterston, portrayed, Sydney Schanberg]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sydney Schanberg
Context triple: [Sam Waterston, portrayed, Sydney Schanberg]
  • A. Irving Novick
    Irving Novick was an American comic book artist best known for his work on DC Comics titles such as Batman and The Flash, whose war-comic imagery inspired Roy Lichtenstein’s painting "Whaam!".
  • B. Robert Nathan
    Robert Nathan was an American novelist and poet best known for his romantic and fantasy fiction, including the story that inspired the film "The Bishop's Wife."
  • C. Samson Raphaelson
    Samson Raphaelson was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his influential collaborations with director Ernst Lubitsch on classic Hollywood comedies.
  • D. Barney Kushner
    Barney Kushner is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Kushner.
  • E. Howard Fast
    Howard Fast was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his historical and politically charged works, including the novel that inspired the film "Spartacus."
  • 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: Sydney Schanberg
Triple: [Sam Waterston, portrayed, Sydney Schanberg]
Generated description
Sydney Schanberg was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist best known for his coverage of the Cambodian genocide and the basis for the film "The Killing Fields."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sydney Schanberg
Target entity description: Sydney Schanberg was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist best known for his coverage of the Cambodian genocide and the basis for the film "The Killing Fields."
  • A. Irving Novick
    Irving Novick was an American comic book artist best known for his work on DC Comics titles such as Batman and The Flash, whose war-comic imagery inspired Roy Lichtenstein’s painting "Whaam!".
  • B. Robert Nathan
    Robert Nathan was an American novelist and poet best known for his romantic and fantasy fiction, including the story that inspired the film "The Bishop's Wife."
  • C. Samson Raphaelson
    Samson Raphaelson was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his influential collaborations with director Ernst Lubitsch on classic Hollywood comedies.
  • D. Barney Kushner
    Barney Kushner is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Kushner.
  • E. Howard Fast
    Howard Fast was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his historical and politically charged works, including the novel that inspired the film "Spartacus."
  • 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_69d822ec69008190a9232caa68836872 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded076ac9c8190a05cabec5e87d207 completed April 14, 2026, 11:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe38a5d8888190821988ad00351d05 completed May 8, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe3c99aae48190be6a4bd5914217f3 completed May 8, 2026, 7:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe3d0122bc8190baa8c694ade8cc26 completed May 8, 2026, 7:44 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:52 a.m.