Triple

T22079360
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Whit Stillman E545605 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object John Whitney
John Whitney, better known professionally as Whit Stillman, is an American film director, writer, and producer acclaimed for his witty, dialogue-driven comedies of manners such as "Metropolitan" and "The Last Days of Disco."
E1516976 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: John Whitney | Statement: [Whit Stillman, givenName, John Whitney]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Whitney
Context triple: [Whit Stillman, givenName, John Whitney]
  • A. Donald Mann
    Donald Mann was a Canadian railway contractor and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and builder of the Canadian Northern Railway, which helped open Western Canada to settlement and development.
  • B. Douglas Kahn
    Douglas Kahn is a cultural and media historian known for his influential work on sound, radio, and the arts, particularly in relation to experimental and avant-garde practices.
  • C. Robert Vinton
    Robert Vinton is one of the children of American pop singer Bobby Vinton, who rose to fame in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • D. Don Sebesky
    Don Sebesky was an American jazz trombonist, composer, and prolific arranger best known for his innovative orchestrations for major jazz and pop artists.
  • E. Luke Babbitt
    Luke Babbitt is an American former professional basketball forward best known for his standout college career at the University of Nevada and subsequent seasons in the NBA with teams including the Portland Trail Blazers and New Orleans Pelicans.
  • 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: John Whitney
Triple: [Whit Stillman, givenName, John Whitney]
Generated description
John Whitney, better known professionally as Whit Stillman, is an American film director, writer, and producer acclaimed for his witty, dialogue-driven comedies of manners such as "Metropolitan" and "The Last Days of Disco."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Whitney
Target entity description: John Whitney, better known professionally as Whit Stillman, is an American film director, writer, and producer acclaimed for his witty, dialogue-driven comedies of manners such as "Metropolitan" and "The Last Days of Disco."
  • A. Donald Mann
    Donald Mann was a Canadian railway contractor and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and builder of the Canadian Northern Railway, which helped open Western Canada to settlement and development.
  • B. Douglas Kahn
    Douglas Kahn is a cultural and media historian known for his influential work on sound, radio, and the arts, particularly in relation to experimental and avant-garde practices.
  • C. Robert Vinton
    Robert Vinton is one of the children of American pop singer Bobby Vinton, who rose to fame in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • D. Don Sebesky
    Don Sebesky was an American jazz trombonist, composer, and prolific arranger best known for his innovative orchestrations for major jazz and pop artists.
  • E. Luke Babbitt
    Luke Babbitt is an American former professional basketball forward best known for his standout college career at the University of Nevada and subsequent seasons in the NBA with teams including the Portland Trail Blazers and New Orleans Pelicans.
  • 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_69e11e3523488190badd54b5d580c00d completed April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f128b43df0819090c248ded98fad12 completed April 28, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a80b980408190a35b2816b17cc322 completed May 18, 2026, 3 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a81f51dbc8190a49506d7536d165b completed May 18, 2026, 3:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a82c10ce48190806498221cb55e7b completed May 18, 2026, 3:08 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:28 p.m.