Triple

T3201838
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945 film) E67068 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Frank Davis
Frank Davis was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the acclaimed film adaptation of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (1945).
 E370087 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: Frank Davis | Statement: [A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945 film), screenwriter, Frank Davis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Frank Davis
Context triple: [A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945 film), screenwriter, Frank Davis]
  • A. George Davis
    George Davis was a prominent American lawyer and politician who served as the Attorney General of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
  • B. Ben Davis
    Ben Davis is a British cinematographer known for his work on major films including several Marvel Cinematic Universe entries.
  • C. David Davis
    David Davis was an American television producer and writer best known for co-creating influential sitcoms such as The Bob Newhart Show and Taxi.
  • D. David Davis
    David Davis is a British Conservative politician and former Brexit Secretary who played a leading role in the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.
  • E. Ralph Dawson
    Ralph Dawson was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood productions during the early 20th century.
  • 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: Frank Davis
Triple: [A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945 film), screenwriter, Frank Davis]
Generated description
Frank Davis was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the acclaimed film adaptation of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (1945).
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Frank Davis
Target entity description: Frank Davis was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the acclaimed film adaptation of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (1945).
  • A. George Davis
    George Davis was a prominent American lawyer and politician who served as the Attorney General of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
  • B. Ben Davis
    Ben Davis is a British cinematographer known for his work on major films including several Marvel Cinematic Universe entries.
  • C. David Davis
    David Davis was an American television producer and writer best known for co-creating influential sitcoms such as The Bob Newhart Show and Taxi.
  • D. David Davis
    David Davis is a British Conservative politician and former Brexit Secretary who played a leading role in the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.
  • E. Ralph Dawson
    Ralph Dawson was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood productions during the early 20th century.
  • 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_69ad8589bd988190afa7ed2bdffb7b33 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada9b046c8819087c0a61c4f9adeb7 completed March 8, 2026, 4:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b3bb66b1248190917a7c3c146ec727 completed March 13, 2026, 7:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b3bc93f93c8190a23301340b08d76b completed March 13, 2026, 7:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b3f8033cd481909bc0e24fd9d86831 completed March 13, 2026, 11:41 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:07 p.m.