Triple
T16209308
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Evening Star |
E393415
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert Harling
Robert Harling is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director best known for writing the play and film "Steel Magnolias" and directing the film "The Evening Star."
|
E1102748
|
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 Harling | Statement: [The Evening Star, director, Robert Harling]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Harling Context triple: [The Evening Star, director, Robert Harling]
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A.
Robert Harling
Robert Harling is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director best known for creating the play and film adaptation of "Steel Magnolias," inspired by his own family experiences.
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B.
Simon Gray
Simon Gray was a British playwright and memoirist best known for his darkly comic stage works such as "Butley" and "Otherwise Engaged."
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C.
Willy Russell
Willy Russell is a British playwright and screenwriter renowned for works such as "Educating Rita," "Shirley Valentine," and the musical "Blood Brothers."
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D.
Dennis Kelly
Dennis Kelly is a British playwright and screenwriter known for his darkly comic and often unsettling work in theatre and television, including the acclaimed series "Utopia" and the stage musical "Matilda."
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E.
Alan Ayckbourn
Alan Ayckbourn is a prolific and acclaimed British playwright and director, best known for his innovative and often comedic plays exploring middle-class life and relationships.
- 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 Harling Triple: [The Evening Star, director, Robert Harling]
Generated description
Robert Harling is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director best known for writing the play and film "Steel Magnolias" and directing the film "The Evening Star."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Harling Target entity description: Robert Harling is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director best known for writing the play and film "Steel Magnolias" and directing the film "The Evening Star."
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A.
Robert Harling
chosen
Robert Harling is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director best known for creating the play and film adaptation of "Steel Magnolias," inspired by his own family experiences.
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B.
Simon Gray
Simon Gray was a British playwright and memoirist best known for his darkly comic stage works such as "Butley" and "Otherwise Engaged."
-
C.
Willy Russell
Willy Russell is a British playwright and screenwriter renowned for works such as "Educating Rita," "Shirley Valentine," and the musical "Blood Brothers."
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D.
Dennis Kelly
Dennis Kelly is a British playwright and screenwriter known for his darkly comic and often unsettling work in theatre and television, including the acclaimed series "Utopia" and the stage musical "Matilda."
-
E.
Alan Ayckbourn
Alan Ayckbourn is a prolific and acclaimed British playwright and director, best known for his innovative and often comedic plays exploring middle-class life and relationships.
- F. None of above.
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_69d87f1f5bd08190bd01cac0d5b9d2ef |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e22711e4fc8190bf7a9f0c59b7889f |
completed | April 17, 2026, 12:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0007916d3481909d475f1661d80e77 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:20 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00083d7b54819089dbab566d55d638 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:23 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0008c7430c81908b9620369c609ad8 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:25 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:03 a.m.