Triple

T5228718
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Roots E118055 entity
Predicate producer P490 FINISHED
Object David L. Wolper
David L. Wolper was an American television and film producer best known for creating influential documentary series and landmark miniseries such as "Roots."
 E505941 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: David L. Wolper | Statement: [Roots, producer, David L. Wolper]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David L. Wolper
Context triple: [Roots, producer, David L. Wolper]
  • A. Robert Evans
    Robert Evans was an English estate manager best known as the father of the novelist George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans).
  • B. Robert Evans
    Robert Evans was a prominent American film producer and studio executive who helped revive Paramount Pictures in the late 1960s and 1970s with classics like "The Godfather," "Chinatown," and "Love Story."
  • C. Bud Yorkin
    Bud Yorkin was an American television producer and director best known for his influential work in 1970s sitcoms that helped redefine socially conscious TV comedy.
  • D. Bert I. Gordon
    Bert I. Gordon was an American filmmaker best known for his low-budget 1950s–60s science fiction and horror movies featuring giant creatures, earning him the nickname "Mr. B.I.G."
  • E. Ben Demaree
    Ben Demaree is a cinematographer and filmmaker known for his work on low-budget genre films, including fantasy and science fiction titles.
  • 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: David L. Wolper
Triple: [Roots, producer, David L. Wolper]
Generated description
David L. Wolper was an American television and film producer best known for creating influential documentary series and landmark miniseries such as "Roots."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David L. Wolper
Target entity description: David L. Wolper was an American television and film producer best known for creating influential documentary series and landmark miniseries such as "Roots."
  • A. Robert Evans
    Robert Evans was an English estate manager best known as the father of the novelist George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans).
  • B. Robert Evans
    Robert Evans was a prominent American film producer and studio executive who helped revive Paramount Pictures in the late 1960s and 1970s with classics like "The Godfather," "Chinatown," and "Love Story."
  • C. Bud Yorkin
    Bud Yorkin was an American television producer and director best known for his influential work in 1970s sitcoms that helped redefine socially conscious TV comedy.
  • D. Bert I. Gordon
    Bert I. Gordon was an American filmmaker best known for his low-budget 1950s–60s science fiction and horror movies featuring giant creatures, earning him the nickname "Mr. B.I.G."
  • E. Ben Demaree
    Ben Demaree is a cinematographer and filmmaker known for his work on low-budget genre films, including fantasy and science fiction titles.
  • 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_69bd4466fb8c819083b806a79414d7e4 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7adee36881909b034b8735db9d67 completed March 20, 2026, 4:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bef80ca924819095bcc729feb0e464 completed March 21, 2026, 7:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bef8996a208190b9b84b297434c549 completed March 21, 2026, 7:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bef935c2288190b2c66e25b8f065bd completed March 21, 2026, 8:01 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:48 p.m.