Triple

T2129764
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Black Summer E46509 entity
Predicate creator P184 FINISHED
Object Karl Schaefer
Karl Schaefer is a television writer and producer best known for co-creating the zombie apocalypse series Z Nation and its Netflix prequel Black Summer.
E412695 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: Karl Schaefer | Statement: [Black Summer, creator, Karl Schaefer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karl Schaefer
Context triple: [Black Summer, creator, Karl Schaefer]
  • A. George Boemler
    George Boemler was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy "High Society."
  • B. Walter Naegle
    Walter Naegle is an American activist and archivist best known as the longtime partner and estate executor of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin.
  • C. Walter Scharf
    Walter Scharf was an American composer, arranger, and conductor best known for his prolific work in film and television scores during the mid-20th century.
  • D. Carl Schuhmann
    Carl Schuhmann was a German athlete renowned for winning multiple gold medals in gymnastics and wrestling at the inaugural modern Olympic Games in 1896.
  • E. William Sachse
    William Sachse was a 19th-century Texas pioneer and landowner after whom the city of Sachse, Texas, is named.
  • 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: Karl Schaefer
Triple: [Black Summer, creator, Karl Schaefer]
Generated description
Karl Schaefer is a television writer and producer best known for co-creating the zombie apocalypse series Z Nation and its Netflix prequel Black Summer.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karl Schaefer
Target entity description: Karl Schaefer is a television writer and producer best known for co-creating the zombie apocalypse series Z Nation and its Netflix prequel Black Summer.
  • A. George Boemler
    George Boemler was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy "High Society."
  • B. Walter Naegle
    Walter Naegle is an American activist and archivist best known as the longtime partner and estate executor of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin.
  • C. Walter Scharf
    Walter Scharf was an American composer, arranger, and conductor best known for his prolific work in film and television scores during the mid-20th century.
  • D. Carl Schuhmann
    Carl Schuhmann was a German athlete renowned for winning multiple gold medals in gymnastics and wrestling at the inaugural modern Olympic Games in 1896.
  • E. William Sachse
    William Sachse was a 19th-century Texas pioneer and landowner after whom the city of Sachse, Texas, is named.
  • 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_69a88a1626548190ae59a5028c3baa8e completed March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbb77ccc4819087bee5dbb91b5ae8 completed March 7, 2026, 5:45 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b56b1a598c8190822f1d0cdd98fdbc completed March 14, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b56bfa5a048190a2001d97d1664250 completed March 14, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b56c7d7dac8190a9eced9fe7c4499a completed March 14, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:44 p.m.