Triple

T1748796
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zootopia E38393 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Phil Johnston
Phil Johnston is an American screenwriter and filmmaker known for co-writing animated hits such as Disney's "Zootopia" and "Wreck-It Ralph."
 E247265 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: Phil Johnston | Statement: [Zootopia, screenwriter, Phil Johnston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Phil Johnston
Context triple: [Zootopia, screenwriter, Phil Johnston]
  • A. Jack Briggs
    Jack Briggs was an American actor best known for his marriage to Hollywood star Ginger Rogers.
  • B. Mike Gunton
    Mike Gunton is a British television producer best known for his work on landmark BBC natural history documentaries.
  • C. Fred Karger
    Fred Karger was an American musician and vocal coach best known for his work at major Hollywood studios and his long, on-and-off marriage to actress Jane Wyman.
  • D. Don Nicholl
    Don Nicholl was a British-born television writer and producer best known for co-creating influential American sitcoms in the 1970s and 1980s.
  • E. Rob Carpenter
    Rob Carpenter is a former NFL running back best known for his productive stints with the Houston Oilers and New York Giants in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
  • 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: Phil Johnston
Triple: [Zootopia, screenwriter, Phil Johnston]
Generated description
Phil Johnston is an American screenwriter and filmmaker known for co-writing animated hits such as Disney's "Zootopia" and "Wreck-It Ralph."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Phil Johnston
Target entity description: Phil Johnston is an American screenwriter and filmmaker known for co-writing animated hits such as Disney's "Zootopia" and "Wreck-It Ralph."
  • A. Jack Briggs
    Jack Briggs was an American actor best known for his marriage to Hollywood star Ginger Rogers.
  • B. Mike Gunton
    Mike Gunton is a British television producer best known for his work on landmark BBC natural history documentaries.
  • C. Fred Karger
    Fred Karger was an American musician and vocal coach best known for his work at major Hollywood studios and his long, on-and-off marriage to actress Jane Wyman.
  • D. Don Nicholl
    Don Nicholl was a British-born television writer and producer best known for co-creating influential American sitcoms in the 1970s and 1980s.
  • E. Rob Carpenter
    Rob Carpenter is a former NFL running back best known for his productive stints with the Houston Oilers and New York Giants in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
  • 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_69a8862b01a48190ab47209063af82d9 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa63ee4d2081909dfd6d3244228c56 completed March 6, 2026, 5:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae6adefc088190b1c6173c4be1d5a2 completed March 9, 2026, 6:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae6b73bb688190bcade17d991c4862 completed March 9, 2026, 6:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae6be4431c81909c9b4ad82226215d completed March 9, 2026, 6:42 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.