Triple

T614930
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Monsters University E12182 entity
Predicate director P255 FINISHED
Object Dan Scanlon
Dan Scanlon is an American filmmaker and animator best known for his work as a director and writer at Pixar Animation Studios.
 E90893 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: Dan Scanlon | Statement: [Monsters University, director, Dan Scanlon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dan Scanlon
Context triple: [Monsters University, director, Dan Scanlon]
  • A. Paul Vogel
    Paul Vogel was an American cinematographer best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including the Oscar-winning "Battleground."
  • B. Derek Kolstad
    Derek Kolstad is an American screenwriter best known as the creator and primary writer of the John Wick action film franchise.
  • C. Craig Zadan
    Craig Zadan was an American film, television, and theater producer best known for his work on musical adaptations and live TV musicals, including projects like "Chicago" and NBC's live musical events.
  • D. Michael Cuesta
    Michael Cuesta is an American film and television director and producer known for his work on series such as Homeland, Dexter, and Six Feet Under.
  • E. Seth Gordon
    Seth Gordon is an American film and television director known for his work on comedies such as "Horrible Bosses" and the documentary "The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters."
  • 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: Dan Scanlon
Triple: [Monsters University, director, Dan Scanlon]
Generated description
Dan Scanlon is an American filmmaker and animator best known for his work as a director and writer at Pixar Animation Studios.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dan Scanlon
Target entity description: Dan Scanlon is an American filmmaker and animator best known for his work as a director and writer at Pixar Animation Studios.
  • A. Paul Vogel
    Paul Vogel was an American cinematographer best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including the Oscar-winning "Battleground."
  • B. Derek Kolstad
    Derek Kolstad is an American screenwriter best known as the creator and primary writer of the John Wick action film franchise.
  • C. Craig Zadan
    Craig Zadan was an American film, television, and theater producer best known for his work on musical adaptations and live TV musicals, including projects like "Chicago" and NBC's live musical events.
  • D. Michael Cuesta
    Michael Cuesta is an American film and television director and producer known for his work on series such as Homeland, Dexter, and Six Feet Under.
  • E. Seth Gordon
    Seth Gordon is an American film and television director known for his work on comedies such as "Horrible Bosses" and the documentary "The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters."
  • 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_69a493309df48190a327f748e88049a6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49e0a0f588190b953fdb585263307 completed March 1, 2026, 8:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a66662e848819095aca23ceb5eeef2 completed March 3, 2026, 4:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a666ded0288190a43e8a13db4f6914 completed March 3, 2026, 4:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a667b8de2c819092f9a4c10abeeb56 completed March 3, 2026, 4:46 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.