Triple
T3239597
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Nutty Professor (1996 film) |
E67935
|
entity |
| Predicate | screenwriter |
P2831
|
FINISHED |
| Object | David Sheffield |
E335262
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Sheffield | Statement: [The Nutty Professor (1996 film), screenwriter, David Sheffield]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Sheffield Context triple: [The Nutty Professor (1996 film), screenwriter, David Sheffield]
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A.
David Sheffield
chosen
David Sheffield is an American comedy writer best known for co-writing several Eddie Murphy films and contributing to classic Saturday Night Live sketches.
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B.
Graham Carr
Graham Carr is a Canadian academic and administrator who serves as the president of Concordia University in Montreal.
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C.
David Shackleton
David Shackleton was a prominent British trade union leader and Labour politician who played a key role in the early development of the Labour movement in the United Kingdom.
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D.
David Holloway
David Holloway is a literary figure best known for serving on the distinguished jury that selected the Booker of Bookers award.
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E.
Barry Kemp
Barry Kemp is an American television writer and producer best known for creating and producing popular sitcoms such as "Newhart" and "Coach."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ad858d27348190abb61c280b4c86a9 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adaef4c0bc819095e4f84296fe7cb6 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b28eadeff481909bd48cdf51044f86 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:08 p.m.