Triple

T4864127
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Producers (2001 Broadway production) E108726 entity
Predicate orchestrator P4735 FINISHED
Object Doug Besterman
Doug Besterman is a Tony Award–winning American orchestrator and arranger best known for his work on major Broadway musicals such as The Producers, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Fosse.
 E475602 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: Doug Besterman | Statement: [The Producers (2001 Broadway production), orchestrator, Doug Besterman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Doug Besterman
Context triple: [The Producers (2001 Broadway production), orchestrator, Doug Besterman]
  • A. Andy Breckman
    Andy Breckman is an American television writer, producer, and comedian best known for creating the mystery-comedy series "Monk."
  • B. Greg Beeman
    Greg Beeman is an American television director and producer known for his work on genre series such as "Falling Skies," "Heroes," and "Smallville."
  • C. Tom Hartman
    Tom Hartman is a central character in the satirical 1970s American soap opera parody "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," serving as Mary Hartman’s husband.
  • D. Timothy Mertens
    Timothy Mertens is a film editor best known for his work on animated features such as "Horton Hears a Who!".
  • E. Steve Bartels
    Steve Bartels is a music industry executive best known for serving as CEO of Def Jam Recordings, where he oversaw major hip-hop and R&B artists and releases.
  • 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: Doug Besterman
Triple: [The Producers (2001 Broadway production), orchestrator, Doug Besterman]
Generated description
Doug Besterman is a Tony Award–winning American orchestrator and arranger best known for his work on major Broadway musicals such as The Producers, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Fosse.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Doug Besterman
Target entity description: Doug Besterman is a Tony Award–winning American orchestrator and arranger best known for his work on major Broadway musicals such as The Producers, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Fosse.
  • A. Andy Breckman
    Andy Breckman is an American television writer, producer, and comedian best known for creating the mystery-comedy series "Monk."
  • B. Greg Beeman
    Greg Beeman is an American television director and producer known for his work on genre series such as "Falling Skies," "Heroes," and "Smallville."
  • C. Tom Hartman
    Tom Hartman is a central character in the satirical 1970s American soap opera parody "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," serving as Mary Hartman’s husband.
  • D. Timothy Mertens
    Timothy Mertens is a film editor best known for his work on animated features such as "Horton Hears a Who!".
  • E. Steve Bartels
    Steve Bartels is a music industry executive best known for serving as CEO of Def Jam Recordings, where he oversaw major hip-hop and R&B artists and releases.
  • 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_69bd440b965081908b0557721cae6338 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6d7718e48190af4c0d1abfa87795 completed March 20, 2026, 3:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be5cfdb3248190a16a5f3fb97d4950 completed March 21, 2026, 8:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be607df6648190be22b5bc0d6531b4 completed March 21, 2026, 9:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be611da7c08190b644cfbcb30741fc completed March 21, 2026, 9:13 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:26 p.m.