Triple

T4293963
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film) E99662 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Michael Herr
Michael Herr was an American writer and war correspondent best known for his influential Vietnam War memoir "Dispatches" and his work on screenplays such as "Apocalypse Now" and "Full Metal Jacket."
E428334 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: Michael Herr | Statement: [The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film), screenwriter, Michael Herr]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Herr
Context triple: [The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film), screenwriter, Michael Herr]
  • A. Mark Bowden
    Mark Bowden is an American journalist and author best known for his nonfiction works on modern warfare and crime, including the acclaimed book "Black Hawk Down."
  • B. Cornelius Ryan
    Cornelius Ryan was an Irish-born journalist and historian best known for his meticulously researched World War II books, including the nonfiction work that inspired the film "A Bridge Too Far."
  • C. Bill Mauldin
    Bill Mauldin was an American editorial cartoonist and World War II veteran best known for his gritty, satirical depictions of soldiers and postwar political commentary.
  • D. J. Anthony Lukas
    J. Anthony Lukas was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist and author renowned for his deeply reported narrative nonfiction on social and political issues.
  • E. H. Halberstam
    H. Halberstam was a British mathematician known for his contributions to analytic number theory, particularly in the distribution of prime numbers.
  • 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: Michael Herr
Triple: [The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film), screenwriter, Michael Herr]
Generated description
Michael Herr was an American writer and war correspondent best known for his influential Vietnam War memoir "Dispatches" and his work on screenplays such as "Apocalypse Now" and "Full Metal Jacket."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Herr
Target entity description: Michael Herr was an American writer and war correspondent best known for his influential Vietnam War memoir "Dispatches" and his work on screenplays such as "Apocalypse Now" and "Full Metal Jacket."
  • A. Mark Bowden
    Mark Bowden is an American journalist and author best known for his nonfiction works on modern warfare and crime, including the acclaimed book "Black Hawk Down."
  • B. Cornelius Ryan
    Cornelius Ryan was an Irish-born journalist and historian best known for his meticulously researched World War II books, including the nonfiction work that inspired the film "A Bridge Too Far."
  • C. Bill Mauldin
    Bill Mauldin was an American editorial cartoonist and World War II veteran best known for his gritty, satirical depictions of soldiers and postwar political commentary.
  • D. J. Anthony Lukas
    J. Anthony Lukas was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist and author renowned for his deeply reported narrative nonfiction on social and political issues.
  • E. H. Halberstam
    H. Halberstam was a British mathematician known for his contributions to analytic number theory, particularly in the distribution of prime numbers.
  • 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_69b3455175088190aa79c6e03b86647e completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b35083f87c8190a3d3b323e76ab575 completed March 12, 2026, 11:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5c73d47448190a844bc13eae84a54 completed March 14, 2026, 8:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5c7d04508819087b14c5c86f1e015 completed March 14, 2026, 8:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5c84ccea08190a8e7e8fa93934ea2 completed March 14, 2026, 8:42 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:08 p.m.