Triple

T4446739
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Niagara E96306 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Richard L. Breen
Richard L. Breen was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films, including crime dramas and thrillers.
E503153 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: Richard L. Breen | Statement: [Niagara, screenwriter, Richard L. Breen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard L. Breen
Context triple: [Niagara, screenwriter, Richard L. Breen]
  • A. Edward D. Breen
    Edward D. Breen is an American business executive known for leading major corporate transformations, including overseeing the merger and subsequent breakup of DowDuPont.
  • B. Robert J. McManus
    Robert J. McManus is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as the bishop of the Diocese of Worcester in Massachusetts.
  • C. Daniel P. Hanley
    Daniel P. Hanley is an American film editor best known for his long-time collaboration with director Ron Howard on numerous major Hollywood films.
  • D. Daniel P. Higgins
    Daniel P. Higgins was an architect associated with the design work on the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
  • E. Neil A. Machlis
    Neil A. Machlis is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood comedies, including the classic road-trip film "Planes, Trains and Automobiles."
  • 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: Richard L. Breen
Triple: [Niagara, screenwriter, Richard L. Breen]
Generated description
Richard L. Breen was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films, including crime dramas and thrillers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard L. Breen
Target entity description: Richard L. Breen was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films, including crime dramas and thrillers.
  • A. Edward D. Breen
    Edward D. Breen is an American business executive known for leading major corporate transformations, including overseeing the merger and subsequent breakup of DowDuPont.
  • B. Robert J. McManus
    Robert J. McManus is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as the bishop of the Diocese of Worcester in Massachusetts.
  • C. Daniel P. Hanley
    Daniel P. Hanley is an American film editor best known for his long-time collaboration with director Ron Howard on numerous major Hollywood films.
  • D. Daniel P. Higgins
    Daniel P. Higgins was an architect associated with the design work on the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
  • E. Neil A. Machlis
    Neil A. Machlis is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood comedies, including the classic road-trip film "Planes, Trains and Automobiles."
  • 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_69b345415ba481908df738e7174448ba completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b355d31e10819086590b9f828d50b0 completed March 13, 2026, 12:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69beef7bd5048190b19be461683c864c completed March 21, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bef05ed6188190a86ec2a3bebd21dc completed March 21, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bef0e41b508190baca5e15efb65ee9 completed March 21, 2026, 7:26 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:32 p.m.