Triple

T522896
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Think Like a Man E10856 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object David A. Newman
David A. Newman is a screenwriter known for co-writing the hit romantic comedy film "Think Like a Man," adapted from Steve Harvey’s bestselling book.
E87531 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 A. Newman | Statement: [Think Like a Man, screenwriter, David A. Newman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David A. Newman
Context triple: [Think Like a Man, screenwriter, David A. Newman]
  • A. Robert Newman
    Robert Newman was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the influential technology and research firm Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN).
  • B. Russell Carpenter
    Russell Carpenter is an Academy Award–winning American cinematographer best known for his work on major films such as Titanic and other high-profile Hollywood productions.
  • C. Charles Roven
    Charles Roven is an American film producer known for his work on major Hollywood blockbusters, including Christopher Nolan’s films such as Oppenheimer and The Dark Knight trilogy.
  • D. Richard Leibler
    Richard Leibler was an American mathematician and statistician best known for co-developing the Kullback–Leibler divergence, a fundamental concept in information theory and statistics.
  • E. Michael Masser
    Michael Masser was an American songwriter and producer best known for crafting soulful pop and R&B ballads for artists like Whitney Houston and Diana Ross.
  • 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 A. Newman
Triple: [Think Like a Man, screenwriter, David A. Newman]
Generated description
David A. Newman is a screenwriter known for co-writing the hit romantic comedy film "Think Like a Man," adapted from Steve Harvey’s bestselling book.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David A. Newman
Target entity description: David A. Newman is a screenwriter known for co-writing the hit romantic comedy film "Think Like a Man," adapted from Steve Harvey’s bestselling book.
  • A. Robert Newman
    Robert Newman was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the influential technology and research firm Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN).
  • B. Russell Carpenter
    Russell Carpenter is an Academy Award–winning American cinematographer best known for his work on major films such as Titanic and other high-profile Hollywood productions.
  • C. Charles Roven
    Charles Roven is an American film producer known for his work on major Hollywood blockbusters, including Christopher Nolan’s films such as Oppenheimer and The Dark Knight trilogy.
  • D. Richard Leibler
    Richard Leibler was an American mathematician and statistician best known for co-developing the Kullback–Leibler divergence, a fundamental concept in information theory and statistics.
  • E. Michael Masser
    Michael Masser was an American songwriter and producer best known for crafting soulful pop and R&B ballads for artists like Whitney Houston and Diana Ross.
  • 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_69a2e84b16c4819088d284c47c3a7968 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f1b4f01881908b408357ff113308 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a64a48e53081908e5d5e093edb5e75 completed March 3, 2026, 2:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a64ad340348190bec2454d5e1c0fa9 completed March 3, 2026, 2:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a64b4e9cec8190a3dcc378f853be0d completed March 3, 2026, 2:45 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.