Triple

T1823677
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lights of New York E40601 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Tom McNamara
Tom McNamara was an American screenwriter active during the early 20th century, known for his work on pioneering sound-era films.
E205172 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: Tom McNamara | Statement: [Lights of New York, screenwriter, Tom McNamara]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom McNamara
Context triple: [Lights of New York, screenwriter, Tom McNamara]
  • A. Harold Fleming
    Harold Fleming is a relatively obscure individual whose primary distinction is sharing the surname associated with more widely known figures like author Ian Fleming.
  • B. Conn Smythe
    Conn Smythe was a prominent Canadian ice hockey executive and owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs, renowned for building multiple Stanley Cup–winning teams and leaving a lasting legacy in the NHL.
  • C. Gordon Howe
    Gordon "Gordie" Howe was a legendary Canadian professional ice hockey player widely known as "Mr. Hockey" and regarded as one of the greatest players in the sport's history.
  • D. Kevin Dineen
    Kevin Dineen is a former NHL forward and experienced professional hockey coach who notably led the AHL’s Portland Pirates and later coached in the NHL and international women’s hockey.
  • E. Fred Clarke
    Fred Clarke was a Hall of Fame left fielder and influential early 20th-century Major League Baseball manager, best known for leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to multiple pennants and the 1909 World Series title.
  • 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: Tom McNamara
Triple: [Lights of New York, screenwriter, Tom McNamara]
Generated description
Tom McNamara was an American screenwriter active during the early 20th century, known for his work on pioneering sound-era films.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom McNamara
Target entity description: Tom McNamara was an American screenwriter active during the early 20th century, known for his work on pioneering sound-era films.
  • A. Harold Fleming
    Harold Fleming is a relatively obscure individual whose primary distinction is sharing the surname associated with more widely known figures like author Ian Fleming.
  • B. Conn Smythe
    Conn Smythe was a prominent Canadian ice hockey executive and owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs, renowned for building multiple Stanley Cup–winning teams and leaving a lasting legacy in the NHL.
  • C. Gordon Howe
    Gordon "Gordie" Howe was a legendary Canadian professional ice hockey player widely known as "Mr. Hockey" and regarded as one of the greatest players in the sport's history.
  • D. Kevin Dineen
    Kevin Dineen is a former NHL forward and experienced professional hockey coach who notably led the AHL’s Portland Pirates and later coached in the NHL and international women’s hockey.
  • E. Fred Clarke
    Fred Clarke was a Hall of Fame left fielder and influential early 20th-century Major League Baseball manager, best known for leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to multiple pennants and the 1909 World Series title.
  • 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_69a8864644bc8190b2358ab897194ac1 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa662d13e88190a22b0faf0d848c7d completed March 6, 2026, 5:29 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adc9af6d3c8190a9047d06f38f210d completed March 8, 2026, 7:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adcaef04e88190a88f789a6370bafb completed March 8, 2026, 7:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adcb8e053c819082a3d4b36afe35be completed March 8, 2026, 7:18 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.