Triple

T3056317
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ruthless People E60488 entity
Predicate director P255 FINISHED
Object David Zucker
David Zucker is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter best known for his work on spoof comedies such as "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun" series.
E323396 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: David Zucker | Statement: [Ruthless People, director, David Zucker]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Zucker
Context triple: [Ruthless People, director, David Zucker]
  • A. David W. Zucker
    David W. Zucker is a television producer known for overseeing high-profile, prestige drama series, including the adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s "The Man in the High Castle."
  • B. Jerry Zucker
    Jerry Zucker is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter best known as part of the Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker team behind comedies like "Airplane!" and for directing the romantic fantasy drama "Ghost."
  • C. Jerry Weintraub
    Jerry Weintraub was an American film producer and talent manager best known for backing major Hollywood projects such as the "Ocean's" trilogy and for his influential role in shaping the careers of prominent entertainers.
  • D. Jay Roach
    Jay Roach is an American film director and producer best known for helming hit comedies such as the Austin Powers series and Meet the Parents, as well as politically themed dramas like Recount and Trumbo.
  • E. Irwin Winkler
    Irwin Winkler is an American film producer and director best known for producing the "Rocky" series and numerous other acclaimed Hollywood 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: David Zucker
Triple: [Ruthless People, director, David Zucker]
Generated description
David Zucker is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter best known for his work on spoof comedies such as "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun" series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Zucker
Target entity description: David Zucker is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter best known for his work on spoof comedies such as "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun" series.
  • A. David W. Zucker
    David W. Zucker is a television producer known for overseeing high-profile, prestige drama series, including the adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s "The Man in the High Castle."
  • B. Jerry Zucker
    Jerry Zucker is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter best known as part of the Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker team behind comedies like "Airplane!" and for directing the romantic fantasy drama "Ghost."
  • C. Jerry Weintraub
    Jerry Weintraub was an American film producer and talent manager best known for backing major Hollywood projects such as the "Ocean's" trilogy and for his influential role in shaping the careers of prominent entertainers.
  • D. Jay Roach
    Jay Roach is an American film director and producer best known for helming hit comedies such as the Austin Powers series and Meet the Parents, as well as politically themed dramas like Recount and Trumbo.
  • E. Irwin Winkler
    Irwin Winkler is an American film producer and director best known for producing the "Rocky" series and numerous other acclaimed Hollywood 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_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.