Triple

T4355992
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alien (1979 film) E98149 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Dan O'Bannon
Dan O'Bannon was an American screenwriter and filmmaker best known for his influential work in science fiction and horror cinema, including co-writing the classic film "Alien."
E433167 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: Dan O'Bannon | Statement: [Alien (1979 film), screenwriter, Dan O'Bannon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dan O'Bannon
Context triple: [Alien (1979 film), screenwriter, Dan O'Bannon]
  • A. Jon Spaihts
    Jon Spaihts is an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on major science fiction and blockbuster films such as "Prometheus," "Doctor Strange," and "Dune."
  • B. Richard Maibaum
    Richard Maibaum was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his long-running work on the James Bond film series.
  • C. Jack Arnold
    Jack Arnold is an American television and film director best known for his work on classic science fiction movies of the 1950s and popular TV series.
  • D. Michael C. Gross
    Michael C. Gross was an American film producer and art director best known for his work on the Ghostbusters franchise and other popular comedies of the 1980s and early 1990s.
  • E. John Boyd-Carpenter
    John Boyd-Carpenter was a British Conservative politician and government minister who held several senior posts in the mid-20th century, including key roles in economic and social policy.
  • 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: Dan O'Bannon
Triple: [Alien (1979 film), screenwriter, Dan O'Bannon]
Generated description
Dan O'Bannon was an American screenwriter and filmmaker best known for his influential work in science fiction and horror cinema, including co-writing the classic film "Alien."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dan O'Bannon
Target entity description: Dan O'Bannon was an American screenwriter and filmmaker best known for his influential work in science fiction and horror cinema, including co-writing the classic film "Alien."
  • A. Jon Spaihts
    Jon Spaihts is an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on major science fiction and blockbuster films such as "Prometheus," "Doctor Strange," and "Dune."
  • B. Richard Maibaum
    Richard Maibaum was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his long-running work on the James Bond film series.
  • C. Jack Arnold
    Jack Arnold is an American television and film director best known for his work on classic science fiction movies of the 1950s and popular TV series.
  • D. Michael C. Gross
    Michael C. Gross was an American film producer and art director best known for his work on the Ghostbusters franchise and other popular comedies of the 1980s and early 1990s.
  • E. John Boyd-Carpenter
    John Boyd-Carpenter was a British Conservative politician and government minister who held several senior posts in the mid-20th century, including key roles in economic and social policy.
  • 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_69b3454965f881908c41190bb22f0e4b completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b351c5773481908446d84897e7a533 completed March 12, 2026, 11:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5dbb662008190854da50df1147a7c completed March 14, 2026, 10:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5dc6a97208190b91d784285657bff completed March 14, 2026, 10:08 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5dce749708190b9daf2c192b32de3 completed March 14, 2026, 10:10 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:16 p.m.