Triple

T523981
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American Gangster E10877 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Steven Zaillian
Steven Zaillian is an acclaimed American screenwriter and filmmaker known for writing award-winning films such as Schindler’s List, Gangs of New York, and The Irishman.
E65184 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: Steven Zaillian | Statement: [American Gangster, screenwriter, Steven Zaillian]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steven Zaillian
Context triple: [American Gangster, screenwriter, Steven Zaillian]
  • A. Martin Scorsese
    Martin Scorsese is an acclaimed American filmmaker known for his influential, character-driven crime dramas and explorations of morality, violence, and identity in films such as "Taxi Driver," "Raging Bull," and "Goodfellas."
  • B. Sidney Lumet
    Sidney Lumet was an acclaimed American film director known for socially conscious, character-driven dramas such as "12 Angry Men," "Serpico," and "Dog Day Afternoon."
  • C. Eric Roth
    Eric Roth is an acclaimed American screenwriter best known for writing the Oscar-winning screenplay for "Forrest Gump" and contributing to numerous other major films.
  • D. Roman Polanski
    Roman Polanski is a Polish-French film director, producer, writer, and actor known for influential and often controversial films such as "Rosemary’s Baby," "Chinatown," and "The Pianist," as well as for his highly publicized legal troubles.
  • E. Mike Nichols
    Mike Nichols was an acclaimed American film and theater director known for influential works like "The Graduate" and his sharp, character-driven storytelling that helped define a generation of cinema.
  • 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: Steven Zaillian
Triple: [American Gangster, screenwriter, Steven Zaillian]
Generated description
Steven Zaillian is an acclaimed American screenwriter and filmmaker known for writing award-winning films such as Schindler’s List, Gangs of New York, and The Irishman.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steven Zaillian
Target entity description: Steven Zaillian is an acclaimed American screenwriter and filmmaker known for writing award-winning films such as Schindler’s List, Gangs of New York, and The Irishman.
  • A. Martin Scorsese
    Martin Scorsese is an acclaimed American filmmaker known for his influential, character-driven crime dramas and explorations of morality, violence, and identity in films such as "Taxi Driver," "Raging Bull," and "Goodfellas."
  • B. Sidney Lumet
    Sidney Lumet was an acclaimed American film director known for socially conscious, character-driven dramas such as "12 Angry Men," "Serpico," and "Dog Day Afternoon."
  • C. Eric Roth
    Eric Roth is an acclaimed American screenwriter best known for writing the Oscar-winning screenplay for "Forrest Gump" and contributing to numerous other major films.
  • D. Roman Polanski
    Roman Polanski is a Polish-French film director, producer, writer, and actor known for influential and often controversial films such as "Rosemary’s Baby," "Chinatown," and "The Pianist," as well as for his highly publicized legal troubles.
  • E. Mike Nichols
    Mike Nichols was an acclaimed American film and theater director known for influential works like "The Graduate" and his sharp, character-driven storytelling that helped define a generation of cinema.
  • 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_69a2f1b656c08190b387f21b06d99e68 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4ab224e008190b233b04b0a432b83 completed March 1, 2026, 9:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4ab94bd988190a91a592622a9d77f completed March 1, 2026, 9:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4ac04fb78819093c85d04b90cc8cb completed March 1, 2026, 9:13 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.