Triple

T2644113
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Batman (1989 film) E62944 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Sam Hamm
Sam Hamm is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing Tim Burton’s 1989 film "Batman" and contributing to other comic book–related projects.
 E285221 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: Sam Hamm | Statement: [Batman (1989 film), screenwriter, Sam Hamm]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sam Hamm
Context triple: [Batman (1989 film), screenwriter, Sam Hamm]
  • A. Paul Dooley
    Paul Dooley is an American character actor, writer, and comedian known for his roles in films such as "Breaking Away," "Sixteen Candles," and numerous television series.
  • B. Peter D. Graves
    Peter D. Graves is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood action and science fiction movies, including Terminator Salvation.
  • C. Dennis Morgan
    Dennis Morgan was an American film actor and singer best known for his leading-man roles in Hollywood musicals and dramas of the 1940s.
  • D. Clifton Daniel
    Clifton Daniel was an American newspaper editor and managing editor of The New York Times, known also as the son-in-law of U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
  • E. Martin Mull
    Martin Mull is an American actor, comedian, and musician known for his dry wit and roles in television comedies and films.
  • 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: Sam Hamm
Triple: [Batman (1989 film), screenwriter, Sam Hamm]
Generated description
Sam Hamm is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing Tim Burton’s 1989 film "Batman" and contributing to other comic book–related projects.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sam Hamm
Target entity description: Sam Hamm is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing Tim Burton’s 1989 film "Batman" and contributing to other comic book–related projects.
  • A. Paul Dooley
    Paul Dooley is an American character actor, writer, and comedian known for his roles in films such as "Breaking Away," "Sixteen Candles," and numerous television series.
  • B. Peter D. Graves
    Peter D. Graves is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood action and science fiction movies, including Terminator Salvation.
  • C. Dennis Morgan
    Dennis Morgan was an American film actor and singer best known for his leading-man roles in Hollywood musicals and dramas of the 1940s.
  • D. Clifton Daniel
    Clifton Daniel was an American newspaper editor and managing editor of The New York Times, known also as the son-in-law of U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
  • E. Martin Mull
    Martin Mull is an American actor, comedian, and musician known for his dry wit and roles in television comedies and films.
  • 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_69ab4c3f2dcc819082df80f5e032f690 completed March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd90046dc81908bab3440733f1e98 completed March 7, 2026, 7:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af98c2bde8819085fbe1e5221be88d completed March 10, 2026, 4:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af992fafc88190a95b09b7aebeb5a9 completed March 10, 2026, 4:08 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af9983ff8881909273212c6fc6a218 completed March 10, 2026, 4:09 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:53 p.m.