Triple

T23404672
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Karla (2006 film) E559601 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Michael D. Sellers
Michael D. Sellers is a filmmaker and screenwriter best known for writing the 2006 drama film "Karla," which portrays the crimes of Canadian serial killers Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka.
E1584175 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: Michael D. Sellers | Statement: [Karla (2006 film), screenwriter, Michael D. Sellers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael D. Sellers
Context triple: [Karla (2006 film), screenwriter, Michael D. Sellers]
  • A. Phil Sellers
    Phil Sellers was a standout forward for Rutgers University in the 1970s who became the program’s all-time leading scorer and led the team to the 1976 Final Four.
  • B. Richard P. Saller
    Richard P. Saller is a historian and classical scholar known for his influential research on the social and economic structures of ancient Rome, particularly Roman family life and patriarchy.
  • C. Michael L. Sale
    Michael L. Sale is a film editor known for his work on major Hollywood comedies, including the hit movie "Bridesmaids."
  • D. Michael L. Sale
    Michael L. Sale is an editor known for his work on the publication "Central Intelligence."
  • E. Scott Sellers
    Scott Sellers is a musician best known as a former member of the punk rock band NOFX.
  • 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: Michael D. Sellers
Triple: [Karla (2006 film), screenwriter, Michael D. Sellers]
Generated description
Michael D. Sellers is a filmmaker and screenwriter best known for writing the 2006 drama film "Karla," which portrays the crimes of Canadian serial killers Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael D. Sellers
Target entity description: Michael D. Sellers is a filmmaker and screenwriter best known for writing the 2006 drama film "Karla," which portrays the crimes of Canadian serial killers Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka.
  • A. Phil Sellers
    Phil Sellers was a standout forward for Rutgers University in the 1970s who became the program’s all-time leading scorer and led the team to the 1976 Final Four.
  • B. Richard P. Saller
    Richard P. Saller is a historian and classical scholar known for his influential research on the social and economic structures of ancient Rome, particularly Roman family life and patriarchy.
  • C. Michael L. Sale
    Michael L. Sale is a film editor known for his work on major Hollywood comedies, including the hit movie "Bridesmaids."
  • D. Michael L. Sale
    Michael L. Sale is an editor known for his work on the publication "Central Intelligence."
  • E. Scott Sellers
    Scott Sellers is a musician best known as a former member of the punk rock band NOFX.
  • 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_69e24549610c8190a069d6411ce5f661 completed April 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1a4e27db88190b37375b38073291c completed April 29, 2026, 6:27 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c5df67cac8190868ab0068248be07 completed May 19, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c5ff391208190a1e5e5d3604de8fb completed May 19, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c609b4e108190a8abe634d326f62d completed May 19, 2026, 1:07 p.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:37 p.m.