Triple

T2644176
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ed Wood E62945 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Scott Alexander
Scott Alexander is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing biographical films such as "Ed Wood," "The People vs. Larry Flynt," and "Man on the Moon."
 E285229 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: Scott Alexander | Statement: [Ed Wood, screenwriter, Scott Alexander]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Scott Alexander
Context triple: [Ed Wood, screenwriter, Scott Alexander]
  • A. Jason Hart
    Jason Hart is a former American professional basketball player who later became a college coach.
  • B. Robin Hanson
    Robin Hanson is an American economist and futurist known for his work on prediction markets, social science, and thought-provoking analyses of topics like the Fermi paradox and future technologies.
  • C. Mike Savage
    Mike Savage is a Canadian politician who has served as the mayor of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • D. David S. Kaufman
    David S. Kaufman was a 19th-century Texas politician and statesman who served as a U.S. Congressman and played a significant role in the early political development of Texas.
  • E. Brennan Huff
    Brennan Huff is the immature, unemployed man-child portrayed by Will Ferrell in the comedy film "Step Brothers."
  • 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: Scott Alexander
Triple: [Ed Wood, screenwriter, Scott Alexander]
Generated description
Scott Alexander is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing biographical films such as "Ed Wood," "The People vs. Larry Flynt," and "Man on the Moon."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Scott Alexander
Target entity description: Scott Alexander is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing biographical films such as "Ed Wood," "The People vs. Larry Flynt," and "Man on the Moon."
  • A. Jason Hart
    Jason Hart is a former American professional basketball player who later became a college coach.
  • B. Robin Hanson
    Robin Hanson is an American economist and futurist known for his work on prediction markets, social science, and thought-provoking analyses of topics like the Fermi paradox and future technologies.
  • C. Mike Savage
    Mike Savage is a Canadian politician who has served as the mayor of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • D. David S. Kaufman
    David S. Kaufman was a 19th-century Texas politician and statesman who served as a U.S. Congressman and played a significant role in the early political development of Texas.
  • E. Brennan Huff
    Brennan Huff is the immature, unemployed man-child portrayed by Will Ferrell in the comedy film "Step Brothers."
  • 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.