Triple
T3681408
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | What About Bob? |
E78119
|
entity |
| Predicate | writer |
P1360
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Alvin Sargent
Alvin Sargent was an American screenwriter best known for his Oscar-winning work on films like "Julia" and "Ordinary People" and for co-writing several "Spider-Man" movies.
|
E404645
|
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: Alvin Sargent | Statement: [What About Bob?, writer, Alvin Sargent]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alvin Sargent Context triple: [What About Bob?, writer, Alvin Sargent]
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A.
Frank Sargent
Frank Sargent was a prominent Canadian ice hockey administrator best known for his influential leadership within the country’s amateur hockey system.
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B.
Cliff Hagan
Cliff Hagan is an American Hall of Fame basketball player best known for his scoring prowess with the St. Louis Hawks and later as a player-coach in the ABA.
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C.
Alvin Adams
Alvin Adams was a 19th-century American entrepreneur best known for founding Adams Express Company, one of the earliest and most influential express shipping firms in the United States.
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D.
Russell Harlan
Russell Harlan was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous classic films, including "Witness for the Prosecution," "To Kill a Mockingbird," and "Red River."
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E.
Herschel Daugherty
Herschel Daugherty was an American film and television director best known for his prolific work in mid-20th-century TV dramas and anthology series.
- 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: Alvin Sargent Triple: [What About Bob?, writer, Alvin Sargent]
Generated description
Alvin Sargent was an American screenwriter best known for his Oscar-winning work on films like "Julia" and "Ordinary People" and for co-writing several "Spider-Man" movies.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alvin Sargent Target entity description: Alvin Sargent was an American screenwriter best known for his Oscar-winning work on films like "Julia" and "Ordinary People" and for co-writing several "Spider-Man" movies.
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A.
Frank Sargent
Frank Sargent was a prominent Canadian ice hockey administrator best known for his influential leadership within the country’s amateur hockey system.
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B.
Cliff Hagan
Cliff Hagan is an American Hall of Fame basketball player best known for his scoring prowess with the St. Louis Hawks and later as a player-coach in the ABA.
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C.
Alvin Adams
Alvin Adams was a 19th-century American entrepreneur best known for founding Adams Express Company, one of the earliest and most influential express shipping firms in the United States.
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D.
Russell Harlan
Russell Harlan was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous classic films, including "Witness for the Prosecution," "To Kill a Mockingbird," and "Red River."
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E.
Herschel Daugherty
Herschel Daugherty was an American film and television director best known for his prolific work in mid-20th-century TV dramas and anthology series.
- 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_69ad85e18c1c8190be8aafb227f39f48 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc492aed481909e8986378ad283fc |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b53fd9ce4081908dee7b37946e86ae |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5440331908190b7a2f32550c2c1f0 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:18 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5451619d48190bcaa97f079397dcf |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:23 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:25 p.m.