Triple

T5349439
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Purple Mask E124138 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Frank Tashlin
Frank Tashlin was an American animator, cartoonist, and film director known for his visually inventive, cartoon-influenced live-action comedies, particularly those starring Jerry Lewis.
E520046 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: Frank Tashlin | Statement: [The Purple Mask, screenwriter, Frank Tashlin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Tashlin
Context triple: [The Purple Mask, screenwriter, Frank Tashlin]
  • A. Norman Taurog
    Norman Taurog was an American film director best known for his prolific work in Hollywood comedies and musicals, including several films with stars like Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, and later Elvis Presley.
  • B. Roy Huggins
    Roy Huggins was an American television producer, writer, and novelist best known for creating influential TV series such as Maverick, The Fugitive, and The Rockford Files.
  • C. Leo McCarey
    Leo McCarey was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for his influential work in both comedy and drama during Hollywood’s Golden Age, including classics like "The Awful Truth" and "Going My Way."
  • D. Blake Edwards
    Blake Edwards was an American filmmaker best known for his stylish comedies and classics like the Pink Panther series and Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
  • E. Jules Bass
    Jules Bass was an American director, producer, and writer best known for his work on classic stop-motion and animated holiday television specials created with Rankin/Bass Productions.
  • 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: Frank Tashlin
Triple: [The Purple Mask, screenwriter, Frank Tashlin]
Generated description
Frank Tashlin was an American animator, cartoonist, and film director known for his visually inventive, cartoon-influenced live-action comedies, particularly those starring Jerry Lewis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Tashlin
Target entity description: Frank Tashlin was an American animator, cartoonist, and film director known for his visually inventive, cartoon-influenced live-action comedies, particularly those starring Jerry Lewis.
  • A. Norman Taurog
    Norman Taurog was an American film director best known for his prolific work in Hollywood comedies and musicals, including several films with stars like Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, and later Elvis Presley.
  • B. Roy Huggins
    Roy Huggins was an American television producer, writer, and novelist best known for creating influential TV series such as Maverick, The Fugitive, and The Rockford Files.
  • C. Leo McCarey
    Leo McCarey was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for his influential work in both comedy and drama during Hollywood’s Golden Age, including classics like "The Awful Truth" and "Going My Way."
  • D. Blake Edwards
    Blake Edwards was an American filmmaker best known for his stylish comedies and classics like the Pink Panther series and Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
  • E. Jules Bass
    Jules Bass was an American director, producer, and writer best known for his work on classic stop-motion and animated holiday television specials created with Rankin/Bass Productions.
  • 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_69bd464be27081908807b40b75c1bbae completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd860ea7088190ad7be14132927d17 completed March 20, 2026, 5:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf411705ec819083b388d3b8bd5a92 completed March 22, 2026, 1:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf41bdf374819099c1a8695ab1b9eb completed March 22, 2026, 1:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf42164b6c8190900e22a748da7a69 completed March 22, 2026, 1:12 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:01 p.m.