Triple

T2007997
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Towering Inferno E43628 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Stirling Silliphant
Stirling Silliphant was an American screenwriter best known for his prolific work in film and television, including the Oscar-winning screenplay for "In the Heat of the Night."
 E229590 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: Stirling Silliphant | Statement: [The Towering Inferno, screenwriter, Stirling Silliphant]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Stirling Silliphant
Context triple: [The Towering Inferno, screenwriter, Stirling Silliphant]
  • A. Tom Mankiewicz
    Tom Mankiewicz was an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for his work on several James Bond films and the script for the 1978 film "Superman."
  • B. Frank Mankiewicz
    Frank Mankiewicz was an American journalist, political strategist, and public relations executive best known for his prominent roles in Democratic politics and media, including serving as president of National Public Radio.
  • C. Herman J. Mankiewicz
    Herman J. Mankiewicz was an American screenwriter and wit best known for co-writing the landmark film "Citizen Kane" and for his influential work in Hollywood’s Golden Age.
  • D. Julius J. Epstein
    Julius J. Epstein was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the classic film "Casablanca" and numerous other successful Hollywood screenplays.
  • E. Kevin Kiner
    Kevin Kiner is an American composer best known for his prolific work on film and television scores, including major franchises like Star Wars and DC Comics adaptations.
  • 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: Stirling Silliphant
Triple: [The Towering Inferno, screenwriter, Stirling Silliphant]
Generated description
Stirling Silliphant was an American screenwriter best known for his prolific work in film and television, including the Oscar-winning screenplay for "In the Heat of the Night."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Stirling Silliphant
Target entity description: Stirling Silliphant was an American screenwriter best known for his prolific work in film and television, including the Oscar-winning screenplay for "In the Heat of the Night."
  • A. Tom Mankiewicz
    Tom Mankiewicz was an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for his work on several James Bond films and the script for the 1978 film "Superman."
  • B. Frank Mankiewicz
    Frank Mankiewicz was an American journalist, political strategist, and public relations executive best known for his prominent roles in Democratic politics and media, including serving as president of National Public Radio.
  • C. Herman J. Mankiewicz
    Herman J. Mankiewicz was an American screenwriter and wit best known for co-writing the landmark film "Citizen Kane" and for his influential work in Hollywood’s Golden Age.
  • D. Julius J. Epstein
    Julius J. Epstein was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the classic film "Casablanca" and numerous other successful Hollywood screenplays.
  • E. Kevin Kiner
    Kevin Kiner is an American composer best known for his prolific work on film and television scores, including major franchises like Star Wars and DC Comics adaptations.
  • 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_69a88716e9f08190946313fdc949e3cf completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb89aca908190b8b659af65afdf6f completed March 7, 2026, 5:33 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae1fe068ac8190b0999e4f881d134a completed March 9, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae2092c3ac8190b2f1f3e9c980f40a completed March 9, 2026, 1:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae21c757c88190a151e01ee0825d85 completed March 9, 2026, 1:26 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.