Triple

T15311530
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Boy (2016 film) E366049 entity
Predicate director P255 FINISHED
Object William Brent Bell
William Brent Bell is an American film director and screenwriter known for his work in the horror genre, including movies like "The Boy" and "Stay Alive."
 E1154519 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: William Brent Bell | Statement: [The Boy (2016 film), director, William Brent Bell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Brent Bell
Context triple: [The Boy (2016 film), director, William Brent Bell]
  • A. Brandon P. Bell
    Brandon P. Bell is an American actor best known for his leading role in the satirical drama "Dear White People."
  • B. Justin Bell
    Justin Bell is the son of American actor Tobin Bell, best known for portraying the Jigsaw killer in the "Saw" film series.
  • C. Michael Wells
    Michael Wells is a musician best known as a member of the American alternative country/rock band The Walkabouts.
  • D. Michael Wells
    Michael Wells is best known as the husband of acclaimed British actress Susannah York.
  • E. W. Blake Herron
    W. Blake Herron was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the hit espionage thriller film "The Bourne Identity."
  • 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: William Brent Bell
Triple: [The Boy (2016 film), director, William Brent Bell]
Generated description
William Brent Bell is an American film director and screenwriter known for his work in the horror genre, including movies like "The Boy" and "Stay Alive."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Brent Bell
Target entity description: William Brent Bell is an American film director and screenwriter known for his work in the horror genre, including movies like "The Boy" and "Stay Alive."
  • A. Brandon P. Bell
    Brandon P. Bell is an American actor best known for his leading role in the satirical drama "Dear White People."
  • B. Justin Bell
    Justin Bell is the son of American actor Tobin Bell, best known for portraying the Jigsaw killer in the "Saw" film series.
  • C. Michael Wells
    Michael Wells is a musician best known as a member of the American alternative country/rock band The Walkabouts.
  • D. Michael Wells
    Michael Wells is best known as the husband of acclaimed British actress Susannah York.
  • E. W. Blake Herron
    W. Blake Herron was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the hit espionage thriller film "The Bourne Identity."
  • 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_69d85a113ee881908e297a1d38dd79fa completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e03cd2d5a88190aead748920f93d47 completed April 16, 2026, 1:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff133d171c8190918c9624bcdb7451 completed May 9, 2026, 10:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff142e99e081909d01cac0416f1bde completed May 9, 2026, 11:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff14c61eb08190ba854b541eb1ce14 completed May 9, 2026, 11:04 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:16 a.m.