Triple

T3321529
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Never Say Never Again E69805 entity
Predicate director P255 FINISHED
Object Irvin Kershner
Irvin Kershner was an American film director best known for helming major genre films such as "The Empire Strikes Back" and other high-profile Hollywood productions.
E349144 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: Irvin Kershner | Statement: [Never Say Never Again, director, Irvin Kershner]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irvin Kershner
Context triple: [Never Say Never Again, director, Irvin Kershner]
  • A. Gary Kurtz
    Gary Kurtz was an American film producer best known for his work on landmark films of the 1970s and 1980s, including the original Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back.
  • B. Lawrence Kasdan
    Lawrence Kasdan is an American filmmaker and screenwriter known for his work on major films such as *The Empire Strikes Back*, *Raiders of the Lost Ark*, and *The Big Chill*.
  • C. Wolfgang Petersen
    Wolfgang Petersen was a German film director known for acclaimed works such as "Das Boot," "In the Line of Fire," and "Air Force One."
  • D. Jon Avnet
    Jon Avnet is an American film and television producer and director known for works such as "Fried Green Tomatoes," "Up Close & Personal," and "Boiler Room."
  • E. Jacob Kershner
    Jacob Kershner was the first husband of anarchist activist and writer Emma Goldman, known primarily through his brief and troubled marriage to her in the late 19th 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: Irvin Kershner
Triple: [Never Say Never Again, director, Irvin Kershner]
Generated description
Irvin Kershner was an American film director best known for helming major genre films such as "The Empire Strikes Back" and other high-profile Hollywood productions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irvin Kershner
Target entity description: Irvin Kershner was an American film director best known for helming major genre films such as "The Empire Strikes Back" and other high-profile Hollywood productions.
  • A. Gary Kurtz
    Gary Kurtz was an American film producer best known for his work on landmark films of the 1970s and 1980s, including the original Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back.
  • B. Lawrence Kasdan
    Lawrence Kasdan is an American filmmaker and screenwriter known for his work on major films such as *The Empire Strikes Back*, *Raiders of the Lost Ark*, and *The Big Chill*.
  • C. Wolfgang Petersen
    Wolfgang Petersen was a German film director known for acclaimed works such as "Das Boot," "In the Line of Fire," and "Air Force One."
  • D. Jon Avnet
    Jon Avnet is an American film and television producer and director known for works such as "Fried Green Tomatoes," "Up Close & Personal," and "Boiler Room."
  • E. Jacob Kershner
    Jacob Kershner was the first husband of anarchist activist and writer Emma Goldman, known primarily through his brief and troubled marriage to her in the late 19th 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_69ad85a1829881908942c14075644d0d completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb13b85208190b13aba355d5dafcf completed March 8, 2026, 5:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b31a7954248190b0c7b5d6ab3c6687 completed March 12, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b31c368e4c8190a011833fce090a7d completed March 12, 2026, 8:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b31d3fa6088190a5abf858c01c25bc completed March 12, 2026, 8:08 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:11 p.m.