Triple

T20719104
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ben Shenkman E509260 entity
Predicate notableRole P22 FINISHED
Object Louis Ironson in Angels in America
Louis Ironson in *Angels in America* is a neurotic, politically engaged Jewish word processor who grapples with guilt and abandonment after leaving his AIDS-stricken lover in Tony Kushner’s landmark play.
E1447683 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: Louis Ironson in Angels in America | Statement: [Ben Shenkman, notableRole, Louis Ironson in Angels in America]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Louis Ironson in Angels in America
Context triple: [Ben Shenkman, notableRole, Louis Ironson in Angels in America]
  • A. Whizzer Brown in Falsettos
    Whizzer Brown in Falsettos is a central character in William Finn and James Lapine’s musical trilogy, portrayed as Marvin’s charismatic lover whose relationship and battle with illness drive much of the show’s emotional core.
  • B. Felix Turner in The Normal Heart
    Felix Turner in *The Normal Heart* is a compassionate New York Times fashion reporter who becomes Ned Weeks’s lover and one of the early victims of the emerging AIDS crisis, embodying the personal toll of the epidemic.
  • C. Edmund Burns
    Edmund Burns was an American actor active during the silent and early sound film eras, appearing in numerous features throughout the 1910s and 1920s.
  • D. Harvey Fierstein
    Harvey Fierstein is an American actor, playwright, and LGBT activist known for his distinctive gravelly voice and influential works in theater and film.
  • E. Anthony Robert Kushner
    Anthony Robert Kushner is an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning play "Angels in America" and his collaborations with director Steven Spielberg.
  • 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: Louis Ironson in Angels in America
Triple: [Ben Shenkman, notableRole, Louis Ironson in Angels in America]
Generated description
Louis Ironson in *Angels in America* is a neurotic, politically engaged Jewish word processor who grapples with guilt and abandonment after leaving his AIDS-stricken lover in Tony Kushner’s landmark play.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Louis Ironson in Angels in America
Target entity description: Louis Ironson in *Angels in America* is a neurotic, politically engaged Jewish word processor who grapples with guilt and abandonment after leaving his AIDS-stricken lover in Tony Kushner’s landmark play.
  • A. Whizzer Brown in Falsettos
    Whizzer Brown in Falsettos is a central character in William Finn and James Lapine’s musical trilogy, portrayed as Marvin’s charismatic lover whose relationship and battle with illness drive much of the show’s emotional core.
  • B. Felix Turner in The Normal Heart
    Felix Turner in *The Normal Heart* is a compassionate New York Times fashion reporter who becomes Ned Weeks’s lover and one of the early victims of the emerging AIDS crisis, embodying the personal toll of the epidemic.
  • C. Edmund Burns
    Edmund Burns was an American actor active during the silent and early sound film eras, appearing in numerous features throughout the 1910s and 1920s.
  • D. Harvey Fierstein
    Harvey Fierstein is an American actor, playwright, and LGBT activist known for his distinctive gravelly voice and influential works in theater and film.
  • E. Anthony Robert Kushner
    Anthony Robert Kushner is an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning play "Angels in America" and his collaborations with director Steven Spielberg.
  • 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_69e0b4c4cc648190b45fda6e2b20af56 completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c1d39bec8190b3642b0d6d833375 completed April 21, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08e0552fe88190aa5557fa83b7ed40 completed May 16, 2026, 9:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08e4808ac881908d527d462833ba84 completed May 16, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08e4eccb0881908e536964d86650d1 completed May 16, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:26 p.m.