Triple

T21590189
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Whale E532757 entity
Predicate writer P1360 FINISHED
Object Terry Cafolla
Terry Cafolla is a Northern Irish screenwriter and playwright known for his work on television dramas and films.
E1492032 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: Terry Cafolla | Statement: [The Whale, writer, Terry Cafolla]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Terry Cafolla
Context triple: [The Whale, writer, Terry Cafolla]
  • A. Vern Damico
    Vern Damico is a character in Norman Mailer’s nonfiction novel "The Executioner’s Song," which chronicles the life and execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore.
  • B. Don Orsillo
    Don Orsillo is an American sportscaster best known as a longtime play-by-play announcer for Major League Baseball broadcasts, particularly for the Boston Red Sox and later the San Diego Padres.
  • C. Ernie Sabella
    Ernie Sabella is an American actor and voice actor best known for voicing the warthog Pumbaa in Disney’s The Lion King franchise.
  • D. Rico Petrocelli
    Rico Petrocelli is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and third baseman best known for his long tenure with the Boston Red Sox, including multiple All-Star selections and a standout power-hitting season in 1969.
  • E. Tony Cacciotti
    Tony Cacciotti is an American actor and producer best known as the longtime husband of actress Valerie Harper and for his work behind the scenes in film and television.
  • 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: Terry Cafolla
Triple: [The Whale, writer, Terry Cafolla]
Generated description
Terry Cafolla is a Northern Irish screenwriter and playwright known for his work on television dramas and films.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Terry Cafolla
Target entity description: Terry Cafolla is a Northern Irish screenwriter and playwright known for his work on television dramas and films.
  • A. Vern Damico
    Vern Damico is a character in Norman Mailer’s nonfiction novel "The Executioner’s Song," which chronicles the life and execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore.
  • B. Don Orsillo
    Don Orsillo is an American sportscaster best known as a longtime play-by-play announcer for Major League Baseball broadcasts, particularly for the Boston Red Sox and later the San Diego Padres.
  • C. Ernie Sabella
    Ernie Sabella is an American actor and voice actor best known for voicing the warthog Pumbaa in Disney’s The Lion King franchise.
  • D. Rico Petrocelli
    Rico Petrocelli is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and third baseman best known for his long tenure with the Boston Red Sox, including multiple All-Star selections and a standout power-hitting season in 1969.
  • E. Tony Cacciotti
    Tony Cacciotti is an American actor and producer best known as the longtime husband of actress Valerie Harper and for his work behind the scenes in film and television.
  • 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_69e0c46251648190876f0427cf2d321b completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69eefadd0ec88190929c76137bd1603e completed April 27, 2026, 5:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09f681f8a08190965cf2c3b12eb134 completed May 17, 2026, 5:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09f85e21948190a6563d309c349f78 completed May 17, 2026, 5:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09f8d30ff08190b3bc6c45f7b5257b completed May 17, 2026, 5:20 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:32 p.m.