Triple

T577777
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cocoon E13793 entity
Predicate basedOnAuthor P2806 FINISHED
Object David Saperstein
David Saperstein is an American author best known for writing the science fiction novel "Cocoon," which was adapted into the popular 1985 film of the same name.
 E182042 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 Saperstein | Statement: [Cocoon, basedOnAuthor, David Saperstein]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Saperstein
Context triple: [Cocoon, basedOnAuthor, David Saperstein]
  • A. David B. Cornstein
    David B. Cornstein is an American businessman and Republican political appointee who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary under President Donald Trump.
  • B. Daniel H. Weiss
    Daniel H. Weiss is an American art historian and academic leader who served as president and CEO of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • C. Jay Bienstock
    Jay Bienstock is a television producer best known for his work on major reality competition series, including serving as an executive producer on "The Apprentice."
  • D. Ira Chernus
    Ira Chernus is an American scholar of religion and political commentator known for his writings on U.S. foreign policy, empire, and the cultural dimensions of American politics.
  • E. Sam Zussman
    Sam Zussman is a sports and media executive who serves as a top business leader for the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets organization.
  • 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 Saperstein
Triple: [Cocoon, basedOnAuthor, David Saperstein]
Generated description
David Saperstein is an American author best known for writing the science fiction novel "Cocoon," which was adapted into the popular 1985 film of the same name.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Saperstein
Target entity description: David Saperstein is an American author best known for writing the science fiction novel "Cocoon," which was adapted into the popular 1985 film of the same name.
  • A. David B. Cornstein
    David B. Cornstein is an American businessman and Republican political appointee who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary under President Donald Trump.
  • B. Daniel H. Weiss
    Daniel H. Weiss is an American art historian and academic leader who served as president and CEO of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • C. Jay Bienstock
    Jay Bienstock is a television producer best known for his work on major reality competition series, including serving as an executive producer on "The Apprentice."
  • D. Ira Chernus
    Ira Chernus is an American scholar of religion and political commentator known for his writings on U.S. foreign policy, empire, and the cultural dimensions of American politics.
  • E. Sam Zussman
    Sam Zussman is a sports and media executive who serves as a top business leader for the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets organization.
  • 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_69a4933fa4d88190a7949cc83c08c5c1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49b69fed88190b5558d4ebd5047a1 completed March 1, 2026, 8:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad517bbe088190b1cac2ea8eb2063b completed March 8, 2026, 10:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad522beb488190b5157db37eb0da8e completed March 8, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad529de3dc819081c8ad3d7aa8bef8 completed March 8, 2026, 10:42 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.