Triple

T2644225
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Big Fish E62946 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object John August
John August is an American screenwriter and filmmaker best known for his frequent collaborations with director Tim Burton and his work on films such as "Big Fish," "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," and "Frankenweenie."
E285233 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 August | Statement: [Big Fish, screenwriter, John August]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John August
Context triple: [Big Fish, screenwriter, John August]
  • A. Roberto Orci
    Roberto Orci is a Mexican-American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing and producing major science fiction and action franchises such as the rebooted Star Trek films and the Transformers series.
  • B. Dan Goor
    Dan Goor is an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the comedy series "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" and his work on shows like "Parks and Recreation."
  • C. David Magee
    David Magee is an American screenwriter best known for his acclaimed adaptations of literary works, including the film version of "Life of Pi."
  • D. Scott Z. Burns
    Scott Z. Burns is an American screenwriter, director, and producer known for socially conscious films such as Contagion, The Informant!, and The Report.
  • E. Steven S. DeKnight
    Steven S. DeKnight is an American writer, producer, and director best known for his work on genre television series like Spartacus and Marvel's Daredevil, as well as his feature film directing.
  • 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 August
Triple: [Big Fish, screenwriter, John August]
Generated description
John August is an American screenwriter and filmmaker best known for his frequent collaborations with director Tim Burton and his work on films such as "Big Fish," "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," and "Frankenweenie."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John August
Target entity description: John August is an American screenwriter and filmmaker best known for his frequent collaborations with director Tim Burton and his work on films such as "Big Fish," "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," and "Frankenweenie."
  • A. Roberto Orci
    Roberto Orci is a Mexican-American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing and producing major science fiction and action franchises such as the rebooted Star Trek films and the Transformers series.
  • B. Dan Goor
    Dan Goor is an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the comedy series "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" and his work on shows like "Parks and Recreation."
  • C. David Magee
    David Magee is an American screenwriter best known for his acclaimed adaptations of literary works, including the film version of "Life of Pi."
  • D. Scott Z. Burns
    Scott Z. Burns is an American screenwriter, director, and producer known for socially conscious films such as Contagion, The Informant!, and The Report.
  • E. Steven S. DeKnight
    Steven S. DeKnight is an American writer, producer, and director best known for his work on genre television series like Spartacus and Marvel's Daredevil, as well as his feature film directing.
  • 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.