Triple

T5188155
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The French Connection E117082 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Ernest Tidyman
Ernest Tidyman was an American author and screenwriter best known for creating the character Shaft and writing the Oscar-winning screenplay for the film adaptation of "The French Connection."
E502107 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: Ernest Tidyman | Statement: [The French Connection, screenwriter, Ernest Tidyman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernest Tidyman
Context triple: [The French Connection, screenwriter, Ernest Tidyman]
  • A. Ernest Torrence
    Ernest Torrence was a Scottish-born character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his imposing presence and memorable supporting roles in Hollywood productions.
  • B. Christopher Morley
    Christopher Morley was an American journalist, novelist, essayist, and poet known for his witty, urbane writing and popular works in early 20th-century literature.
  • C. Walter Pitman
    Walter Pitman was an American geophysicist and oceanographer known for his pioneering work on seafloor spreading and plate tectonics.
  • D. Felix de Weldon
    Felix de Weldon was an Austrian-American sculptor best known for creating the iconic Iwo Jima flag-raising statue and numerous other public monuments.
  • E. Arthur Seid
    Arthur Seid is a film editor known for his work on the classic 1948 crime drama "Force of Evil."
  • 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: Ernest Tidyman
Triple: [The French Connection, screenwriter, Ernest Tidyman]
Generated description
Ernest Tidyman was an American author and screenwriter best known for creating the character Shaft and writing the Oscar-winning screenplay for the film adaptation of "The French Connection."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernest Tidyman
Target entity description: Ernest Tidyman was an American author and screenwriter best known for creating the character Shaft and writing the Oscar-winning screenplay for the film adaptation of "The French Connection."
  • A. Ernest Torrence
    Ernest Torrence was a Scottish-born character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his imposing presence and memorable supporting roles in Hollywood productions.
  • B. Christopher Morley
    Christopher Morley was an American journalist, novelist, essayist, and poet known for his witty, urbane writing and popular works in early 20th-century literature.
  • C. Walter Pitman
    Walter Pitman was an American geophysicist and oceanographer known for his pioneering work on seafloor spreading and plate tectonics.
  • D. Felix de Weldon
    Felix de Weldon was an Austrian-American sculptor best known for creating the iconic Iwo Jima flag-raising statue and numerous other public monuments.
  • E. Arthur Seid
    Arthur Seid is a film editor known for his work on the classic 1948 crime drama "Force of Evil."
  • 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_69bd44620ff48190bcac01782107a397 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd79c56280819085926316f7b520bc completed March 20, 2026, 4:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bee08af954819080dbe7ea1ac6ddb0 completed March 21, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bee5fc0c408190b4ad4b77e0045182 completed March 21, 2026, 6:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bee6b954c08190a353ebcfe829888a completed March 21, 2026, 6:43 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:46 p.m.