Triple

T3056262
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hocus Pocus E60487 entity
Predicate writer P1360 FINISHED
Object Neil Cuthbert
Neil Cuthbert is an American screenwriter and actor best known for co-writing the cult Halloween film "Hocus Pocus" and working on several other fantasy and comedy movies.
E323388 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: Neil Cuthbert | Statement: [Hocus Pocus, writer, Neil Cuthbert]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neil Cuthbert
Context triple: [Hocus Pocus, writer, Neil Cuthbert]
  • A. Graeme Ferguson
    Graeme Ferguson was a Canadian filmmaker and co-founder of the IMAX large-format cinema technology.
  • B. Rob Cowan
    Rob Cowan is a film producer known for working on major studio projects, including DC Comics adaptations.
  • C. Duncan Henderson
    Duncan Henderson was an American film producer and production manager known for his work on major Hollywood films including "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World."
  • D. Graeme Gibson
    Graeme Gibson was a Canadian novelist, environmentalist, and cultural advocate known for his contributions to Canadian literature and his long partnership with writer Margaret Atwood.
  • E. Christopher Le Brun
    Christopher Le Brun is a British painter, sculptor, and printmaker who served as President of the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
  • 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: Neil Cuthbert
Triple: [Hocus Pocus, writer, Neil Cuthbert]
Generated description
Neil Cuthbert is an American screenwriter and actor best known for co-writing the cult Halloween film "Hocus Pocus" and working on several other fantasy and comedy movies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neil Cuthbert
Target entity description: Neil Cuthbert is an American screenwriter and actor best known for co-writing the cult Halloween film "Hocus Pocus" and working on several other fantasy and comedy movies.
  • A. Graeme Ferguson
    Graeme Ferguson was a Canadian filmmaker and co-founder of the IMAX large-format cinema technology.
  • B. Rob Cowan
    Rob Cowan is a film producer known for working on major studio projects, including DC Comics adaptations.
  • C. Duncan Henderson
    Duncan Henderson was an American film producer and production manager known for his work on major Hollywood films including "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World."
  • D. Graeme Gibson
    Graeme Gibson was a Canadian novelist, environmentalist, and cultural advocate known for his contributions to Canadian literature and his long partnership with writer Margaret Atwood.
  • E. Christopher Le Brun
    Christopher Le Brun is a British painter, sculptor, and printmaker who served as President of the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
  • 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_69ad8578137c81908259dcb27c7d6d7c completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad9bf7ebd48190ad5748a18fa9a56a completed March 8, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b1ef0671e48190a793f907cc211dd8 completed March 11, 2026, 10:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b1efcf4da08190a9fd5fd88bba0358 completed March 11, 2026, 10:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1f1ce72388190871884c99526057d completed March 11, 2026, 10:50 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:02 p.m.