Triple

T3362596
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tom Savini E70757 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Howard Berger
Howard Berger is an Academy Award–winning special makeup effects artist and co-founder of KNB EFX Group, known for his work on films and television series such as The Chronicles of Narnia and The Walking Dead.
E351262 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: Howard Berger | Statement: [Tom Savini, influenced, Howard Berger]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Berger
Context triple: [Tom Savini, influenced, Howard Berger]
  • A. Matthew Berger
    Matthew Berger is a central figure in the crime-comedy film "The Gentlemen," involved in the high-stakes world of British drug empires and underworld power struggles.
  • B. Philip Bruns
    Philip Bruns was an American character actor best known for his television and film roles in the 1970s and 1980s, including his work on the satirical soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."
  • C. Edward Berger
    Edward Berger is a German film and television director known for his acclaimed work on series like "Patrick Melrose" and the Oscar-winning war drama "All Quiet on the Western Front."
  • D. Hal Bidlack
    Hal Bidlack is an American political science professor, retired U.S. Air Force officer, and public speaker known for his work in skepticism and secular humanism.
  • E. Howard Bilerman
    Howard Bilerman is a Canadian drummer, audio engineer, and record producer best known for his work with Arcade Fire and numerous influential indie rock recordings.
  • 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: Howard Berger
Triple: [Tom Savini, influenced, Howard Berger]
Generated description
Howard Berger is an Academy Award–winning special makeup effects artist and co-founder of KNB EFX Group, known for his work on films and television series such as The Chronicles of Narnia and The Walking Dead.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Berger
Target entity description: Howard Berger is an Academy Award–winning special makeup effects artist and co-founder of KNB EFX Group, known for his work on films and television series such as The Chronicles of Narnia and The Walking Dead.
  • A. Matthew Berger
    Matthew Berger is a central figure in the crime-comedy film "The Gentlemen," involved in the high-stakes world of British drug empires and underworld power struggles.
  • B. Philip Bruns
    Philip Bruns was an American character actor best known for his television and film roles in the 1970s and 1980s, including his work on the satirical soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."
  • C. Edward Berger
    Edward Berger is a German film and television director known for his acclaimed work on series like "Patrick Melrose" and the Oscar-winning war drama "All Quiet on the Western Front."
  • D. Hal Bidlack
    Hal Bidlack is an American political science professor, retired U.S. Air Force officer, and public speaker known for his work in skepticism and secular humanism.
  • E. Howard Bilerman
    Howard Bilerman is a Canadian drummer, audio engineer, and record producer best known for his work with Arcade Fire and numerous influential indie rock recordings.
  • 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_69ad85a660c48190998489309a3b4869 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb26a5a508190948932769de0dbb3 completed March 8, 2026, 5:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b32549eb9c81908c3a525da9eab0aa completed March 12, 2026, 8:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b325aecee081908109928766283c9a completed March 12, 2026, 8:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b326175b38819083f1e62be7e01c8a completed March 12, 2026, 8:46 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:13 p.m.