Triple
T2393315
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Twelve O’Clock High |
E48991
|
entity |
| Predicate | screenwriter |
P2831
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Beirne Lay Jr.
Beirne Lay Jr. was an American author, screenwriter, and former U.S. Army Air Forces officer best known for his World War II aviation writings and film work.
|
E262085
|
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: Beirne Lay Jr. | Statement: [Twelve O’Clock High, screenwriter, Beirne Lay Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beirne Lay Jr. Context triple: [Twelve O’Clock High, screenwriter, Beirne Lay Jr.]
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A.
Byron Metcalf
Byron Metcalf is an American musician and producer known for his work in shamanic and ambient percussion-based music.
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B.
Bill Dinneen
Bill Dinneen was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball pitcher and later umpire, best known for his standout performances in the first modern World Series and his long career in the American League.
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C.
William McSweeny
William McSweeny is an author best known for co-writing the autobiography "Go Up for Glory" with basketball legend Bill Russell.
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D.
Charlie Sitton
Charlie Sitton is a former American college basketball standout best known for his All-American career at Oregon State University in the early 1980s.
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E.
Thomas Kinnear
Thomas Kinnear is a fictional Canadian gentleman and murder victim in Margaret Atwood’s novel "Alias Grace," whose death is central to the story’s mystery.
- 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: Beirne Lay Jr. Triple: [Twelve O’Clock High, screenwriter, Beirne Lay Jr.]
Generated description
Beirne Lay Jr. was an American author, screenwriter, and former U.S. Army Air Forces officer best known for his World War II aviation writings and film work.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beirne Lay Jr. Target entity description: Beirne Lay Jr. was an American author, screenwriter, and former U.S. Army Air Forces officer best known for his World War II aviation writings and film work.
-
A.
Byron Metcalf
Byron Metcalf is an American musician and producer known for his work in shamanic and ambient percussion-based music.
-
B.
Bill Dinneen
Bill Dinneen was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball pitcher and later umpire, best known for his standout performances in the first modern World Series and his long career in the American League.
-
C.
William McSweeny
William McSweeny is an author best known for co-writing the autobiography "Go Up for Glory" with basketball legend Bill Russell.
-
D.
Charlie Sitton
Charlie Sitton is a former American college basketball standout best known for his All-American career at Oregon State University in the early 1980s.
-
E.
Thomas Kinnear
Thomas Kinnear is a fictional Canadian gentleman and murder victim in Margaret Atwood’s novel "Alias Grace," whose death is central to the story’s mystery.
- 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_69a88aa5f63081908d07fd302029fcbd |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc876d48881909e4d6f5ebe430012 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:40 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aeb3da0978819094584cb23194fb3a |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:49 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69aeb46f882881909294a3698ead865e |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:52 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69aeb4c715a88190b1009a2cf1d95441 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:53 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:57 p.m.