Triple

T19455344
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject They Live E486719 entity
Predicate basedOnAuthor P2806 FINISHED
Object Ray Nelson
Ray Nelson was an American science fiction author and cartoonist best known for his short story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning," which inspired the film *They Live*.
E1378198 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: Ray Nelson | Statement: [They Live, basedOnAuthor, Ray Nelson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ray Nelson
Context triple: [They Live, basedOnAuthor, Ray Nelson]
  • A. Gene Nelson
    Gene Nelson was an American actor, dancer, and choreographer best known for his energetic musical performances in classic Hollywood films of the 1950s.
  • B. Bob Nelson
    Bob Nelson is an American screenwriter best known for writing the acclaimed film "Nebraska," which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.
  • C. Bob Nelson
    Bob Nelson is an American comedian and actor known for his sketch and stand-up comedy, including his work on the Seattle-based TV show "Almost Live!".
  • D. Ed Nelson
    Ed Nelson is a songwriter known for collaborating with American composer and lyricist Al Hoffman on popular music.
  • E. Ed Nelson
    Ed Nelson was an American actor best known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1950s through the 1990s, including a prominent role on the TV series "Peyton Place."
  • 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: Ray Nelson
Triple: [They Live, basedOnAuthor, Ray Nelson]
Generated description
Ray Nelson was an American science fiction author and cartoonist best known for his short story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning," which inspired the film *They Live*.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ray Nelson
Target entity description: Ray Nelson was an American science fiction author and cartoonist best known for his short story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning," which inspired the film *They Live*.
  • A. Gene Nelson
    Gene Nelson was an American actor, dancer, and choreographer best known for his energetic musical performances in classic Hollywood films of the 1950s.
  • B. Bob Nelson
    Bob Nelson is an American screenwriter best known for writing the acclaimed film "Nebraska," which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.
  • C. Bob Nelson
    Bob Nelson is an American comedian and actor known for his sketch and stand-up comedy, including his work on the Seattle-based TV show "Almost Live!".
  • D. Ed Nelson
    Ed Nelson is a songwriter known for collaborating with American composer and lyricist Al Hoffman on popular music.
  • E. Ed Nelson
    Ed Nelson was an American actor best known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1950s through the 1990s, including a prominent role on the TV series "Peyton Place."
  • 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_6a074049b9e88190a9ab6742d6ff3df7 completed May 15, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0741651ba48190b8eb6336afbbc4af completed May 15, 2026, 3:53 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0741e454a48190ac03aa458ca2b3b3 completed May 15, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:38 p.m.