Triple

T1753808
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard Matheson E38505 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object George A. Romero
George A. Romero was an American filmmaker best known as the pioneering "father of the modern zombie movie" for his influential horror films, especially *Night of the Living Dead*.
E197024 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: George A. Romero | Statement: [Richard Matheson, influenced, George A. Romero]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George A. Romero
Context triple: [Richard Matheson, influenced, George A. Romero]
  • A. William Friedkin
    William Friedkin was an influential American filmmaker best known for directing the landmark 1970s films "The French Connection" and "The Exorcist," which helped define the gritty, auteur-driven era of New Hollywood cinema.
  • B. John Boyd-Carpenter
    John Boyd-Carpenter was a British Conservative politician and government minister who held several senior posts in the mid-20th century, including key roles in economic and social policy.
  • C. Tom Savini
    Tom Savini is an American special effects makeup artist, actor, and director renowned for his groundbreaking gore effects in horror films such as "Dawn of the Dead" and "Friday the 13th."
  • D. Sam Raimi
    Sam Raimi is an American filmmaker best known for directing the original Spider-Man trilogy and creating the cult-favorite Evil Dead horror series.
  • E. John McTiernan
    John McTiernan is an American film director best known for influential action movies such as "Die Hard" and "Predator."
  • 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: George A. Romero
Triple: [Richard Matheson, influenced, George A. Romero]
Generated description
George A. Romero was an American filmmaker best known as the pioneering "father of the modern zombie movie" for his influential horror films, especially *Night of the Living Dead*.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George A. Romero
Target entity description: George A. Romero was an American filmmaker best known as the pioneering "father of the modern zombie movie" for his influential horror films, especially *Night of the Living Dead*.
  • A. William Friedkin
    William Friedkin was an influential American filmmaker best known for directing the landmark 1970s films "The French Connection" and "The Exorcist," which helped define the gritty, auteur-driven era of New Hollywood cinema.
  • B. John Boyd-Carpenter
    John Boyd-Carpenter was a British Conservative politician and government minister who held several senior posts in the mid-20th century, including key roles in economic and social policy.
  • C. Tom Savini
    Tom Savini is an American special effects makeup artist, actor, and director renowned for his groundbreaking gore effects in horror films such as "Dawn of the Dead" and "Friday the 13th."
  • D. Sam Raimi
    Sam Raimi is an American filmmaker best known for directing the original Spider-Man trilogy and creating the cult-favorite Evil Dead horror series.
  • E. John McTiernan
    John McTiernan is an American film director best known for influential action movies such as "Die Hard" and "Predator."
  • 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_69a8862bdb2081908aefe831c8aa8017 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa64169c508190a33074fb06e9c755 completed March 6, 2026, 5:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ada0e84c1c8190917edf14003cba81 completed March 8, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ada1a2fb9481909d9ed587921ca6b6 completed March 8, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ada4e28830819082ed7facee14587f completed March 8, 2026, 4:33 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.