Triple
T4763727
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | They Drive by Night |
E105758
|
entity |
| Predicate | screenwriter |
P2831
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Richard Macaulay
Richard Macaulay was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s classic studio era, known for his work on crime dramas and film noirs.
|
E467705
|
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 Macaulay | Statement: [They Drive by Night, screenwriter, Richard Macaulay]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Macaulay Context triple: [They Drive by Night, screenwriter, Richard Macaulay]
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A.
William Robertson
William Robertson was an influential 18th-century Scottish historian and Presbyterian minister whose works and leadership at the University of Edinburgh made him a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
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B.
John Carlyle
John Carlyle was an 18th-century Scottish merchant and prominent early resident of Alexandria, Virginia, whose wealth and status are reflected in the grand Carlyle House built for him.
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C.
Thomas Hume
Thomas Hume was a prominent 19th-century lumber baron and businessman in Muskegon, Michigan, whose success in the lumber industry led to the construction of the historic Hackley and Hume homes.
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D.
Philip MacDonald
Philip MacDonald was a British-born novelist and screenwriter best known for his crime and mystery fiction and his contributions to classic Hollywood films.
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E.
Alexander Muir
Alexander Muir was a Scottish-born Canadian songwriter, poet, and schoolteacher best known for composing the patriotic song "The Maple Leaf Forever."
- 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 Macaulay Triple: [They Drive by Night, screenwriter, Richard Macaulay]
Generated description
Richard Macaulay was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s classic studio era, known for his work on crime dramas and film noirs.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Macaulay Target entity description: Richard Macaulay was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s classic studio era, known for his work on crime dramas and film noirs.
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A.
William Robertson
William Robertson was an influential 18th-century Scottish historian and Presbyterian minister whose works and leadership at the University of Edinburgh made him a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
-
B.
John Carlyle
John Carlyle was an 18th-century Scottish merchant and prominent early resident of Alexandria, Virginia, whose wealth and status are reflected in the grand Carlyle House built for him.
-
C.
Thomas Hume
Thomas Hume was a prominent 19th-century lumber baron and businessman in Muskegon, Michigan, whose success in the lumber industry led to the construction of the historic Hackley and Hume homes.
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D.
Philip MacDonald
Philip MacDonald was a British-born novelist and screenwriter best known for his crime and mystery fiction and his contributions to classic Hollywood films.
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E.
Alexander Muir
Alexander Muir was a Scottish-born Canadian songwriter, poet, and schoolteacher best known for composing the patriotic song "The Maple Leaf Forever."
- 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_69bd43f14cac819081c7c69803648211 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd6530f0648190b76db9964471cfeb |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be3a87741081909380c51ba4efed92 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 6:28 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be3d444b888190b2df7433502604ff |
completed | March 21, 2026, 6:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be3dd31c648190bfdac15fb85cfec9 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 6:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:20 p.m.