Triple

T19455236
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Thing (1982 film) E486717 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Bill Lancaster
Bill Lancaster was an American screenwriter best known for writing the screenplay for John Carpenter’s 1982 science fiction horror film "The Thing."
E1377424 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: Bill Lancaster | Statement: [The Thing (1982 film), screenwriter, Bill Lancaster]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Lancaster
Context triple: [The Thing (1982 film), screenwriter, Bill Lancaster]
  • A. Bill Milner
    Bill Milner is a British actor known for roles in films such as "Son of Rambow," "X-Men: First Class," and various television dramas.
  • B. Bill Davis
    Bill Davis was a notable individual significant enough in his community or region to have the William G. Davis Trail named in his honor.
  • C. Ray Merrimen
    Ray Merrimen is a disciplined, battle-hardened ex-Marine and mastermind leader of a crew of professional bank robbers in the crime film "Den of Thieves."
  • D. Bill Nershi
    Bill Nershi is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as a founding member and primary composer for the jam band The String Cheese Incident.
  • E. Bill Nunn
    Bill Nunn was an American character actor best known for his memorable supporting roles in films like "Do the Right Thing" and the "Spider-Man" trilogy.
  • 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: Bill Lancaster
Triple: [The Thing (1982 film), screenwriter, Bill Lancaster]
Generated description
Bill Lancaster was an American screenwriter best known for writing the screenplay for John Carpenter’s 1982 science fiction horror film "The Thing."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Lancaster
Target entity description: Bill Lancaster was an American screenwriter best known for writing the screenplay for John Carpenter’s 1982 science fiction horror film "The Thing."
  • A. Bill Milner
    Bill Milner is a British actor known for roles in films such as "Son of Rambow," "X-Men: First Class," and various television dramas.
  • B. Bill Davis
    Bill Davis was a notable individual significant enough in his community or region to have the William G. Davis Trail named in his honor.
  • C. Ray Merrimen
    Ray Merrimen is a disciplined, battle-hardened ex-Marine and mastermind leader of a crew of professional bank robbers in the crime film "Den of Thieves."
  • D. Bill Nershi
    Bill Nershi is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as a founding member and primary composer for the jam band The String Cheese Incident.
  • E. Bill Nunn
    Bill Nunn was an American character actor best known for his memorable supporting roles in films like "Do the Right Thing" and the "Spider-Man" trilogy.
  • 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_69d8e8d86d608190bd199a98d0297f27 completed April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e633c2b1108190b492ca23487b91f8 completed April 20, 2026, 2:10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a073b355e848190ba65a45d38152930 completed May 15, 2026, 3:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a073bc941688190af3b7daee5c5d7e3 completed May 15, 2026, 3:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a073c574c808190b2ae6df5477c27bb completed May 15, 2026, 3:31 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:38 p.m.