Triple

T4422839
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film) E95141 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object W. P. Lipscomb
W. P. Lipscomb was a British screenwriter and playwright known for adapting classic literary works for film during the early 20th century.
E445896 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: W. P. Lipscomb | Statement: [A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film), screenwriter, W. P. Lipscomb]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W. P. Lipscomb
Context triple: [A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film), screenwriter, W. P. Lipscomb]
  • A. Robert S. Boyer
    Robert S. Boyer is an American computer scientist and logician known for his pioneering work in automated theorem proving and formal methods in software verification.
  • B. Ray M. Bowen
    Ray M. Bowen is an American engineer and academic leader known for his contributions to engineering education and research administration, which earned him recognition such as the Arthur M. Bueche Award.
  • C. Robert G. Bratcher
    Robert G. Bratcher was an American Bible scholar and translator best known as the principal translator of the Good News Bible (Today’s English Version).
  • D. Robert L. Rice
    Robert L. Rice was a prominent Utah businessman and philanthropist whose significant contributions to the University of Utah led to the football stadium bearing his name.
  • E. J. Herbert Hollomon
    J. Herbert Hollomon was an American engineer, scientist, and academic leader known for his contributions to materials science and industrial research, including service as U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Science and Technology.
  • 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: W. P. Lipscomb
Triple: [A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film), screenwriter, W. P. Lipscomb]
Generated description
W. P. Lipscomb was a British screenwriter and playwright known for adapting classic literary works for film during the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W. P. Lipscomb
Target entity description: W. P. Lipscomb was a British screenwriter and playwright known for adapting classic literary works for film during the early 20th century.
  • A. Robert S. Boyer
    Robert S. Boyer is an American computer scientist and logician known for his pioneering work in automated theorem proving and formal methods in software verification.
  • B. Ray M. Bowen
    Ray M. Bowen is an American engineer and academic leader known for his contributions to engineering education and research administration, which earned him recognition such as the Arthur M. Bueche Award.
  • C. Robert G. Bratcher
    Robert G. Bratcher was an American Bible scholar and translator best known as the principal translator of the Good News Bible (Today’s English Version).
  • D. Robert L. Rice
    Robert L. Rice was a prominent Utah businessman and philanthropist whose significant contributions to the University of Utah led to the football stadium bearing his name.
  • E. J. Herbert Hollomon
    J. Herbert Hollomon was an American engineer, scientist, and academic leader known for his contributions to materials science and industrial research, including service as U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Science and Technology.
  • 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_69b3453a36908190b95a79a297ca083c completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3554b36a48190a475ac5474bed132 completed March 13, 2026, 12:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bd4216d3f48190a614f61b2e10f794 completed March 20, 2026, 12:48 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bd4325dce08190912d368c4f714353 completed March 20, 2026, 12:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bd43ca589881908a6c6052353a0963 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:30 p.m.