Triple

T4414396
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nora Ephron E94928 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Nicholas Pileggi
Nicholas Pileggi is an American author and screenwriter best known for his true-crime books and for co-writing the film "Goodfellas" based on his book "Wiseguy."
E437007 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: Nicholas Pileggi | Statement: [Nora Ephron, spouse, Nicholas Pileggi]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicholas Pileggi
Context triple: [Nora Ephron, spouse, Nicholas Pileggi]
  • A. Vincent Bugliosi
    Vincent Bugliosi was an American prosecutor and true-crime author best known for successfully prosecuting Charles Manson and writing the book "Helter Skelter."
  • B. Robert Graysmith
    Robert Graysmith is an American true-crime author and former San Francisco Chronicle cartoonist best known for his investigative books on the Zodiac Killer case.
  • C. Patrick Radden Keefe
    Patrick Radden Keefe is an American investigative journalist and author known for his deeply reported narrative nonfiction on topics such as the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the opioid crisis, and international crime.
  • D. J. Peter Robinson
    J. Peter Robinson is a British composer, arranger, and keyboardist known for his film and television scores as well as his work in rock and jazz fusion.
  • E. Frank Serpico
    Frank Serpico is a former New York City police officer renowned for exposing widespread corruption within the NYPD in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
  • 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: Nicholas Pileggi
Triple: [Nora Ephron, spouse, Nicholas Pileggi]
Generated description
Nicholas Pileggi is an American author and screenwriter best known for his true-crime books and for co-writing the film "Goodfellas" based on his book "Wiseguy."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicholas Pileggi
Target entity description: Nicholas Pileggi is an American author and screenwriter best known for his true-crime books and for co-writing the film "Goodfellas" based on his book "Wiseguy."
  • A. Vincent Bugliosi
    Vincent Bugliosi was an American prosecutor and true-crime author best known for successfully prosecuting Charles Manson and writing the book "Helter Skelter."
  • B. Robert Graysmith
    Robert Graysmith is an American true-crime author and former San Francisco Chronicle cartoonist best known for his investigative books on the Zodiac Killer case.
  • C. Patrick Radden Keefe
    Patrick Radden Keefe is an American investigative journalist and author known for his deeply reported narrative nonfiction on topics such as the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the opioid crisis, and international crime.
  • D. J. Peter Robinson
    J. Peter Robinson is a British composer, arranger, and keyboardist known for his film and television scores as well as his work in rock and jazz fusion.
  • E. Frank Serpico
    Frank Serpico is a former New York City police officer renowned for exposing widespread corruption within the NYPD in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
  • 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_69b34539638c8190abfea3eb29425210 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b354e940d48190b49cca6796d60de4 completed March 13, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5f617012481908b8f1a9a1bc5efaf completed March 14, 2026, 11:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5f674c94c81908327336dd4380d2e completed March 14, 2026, 11:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5f719d008819090a35e3597a0089f completed March 15, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:29 p.m.