Triple

T691494
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American Graffiti E13801 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Willard Huyck
Willard Huyck is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for his collaborations with George Lucas and his work on films such as "American Graffiti" and "Howard the Duck."
E240448 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: Willard Huyck | Statement: [American Graffiti, screenwriter, Willard Huyck]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Willard Huyck
Context triple: [American Graffiti, screenwriter, Willard Huyck]
  • A. Edwin E. Witte
    Edwin E. Witte was an American economist and civil servant known as the “father of Social Security” for his central role in drafting the U.S. Social Security Act of 1935.
  • B. Alfred P. Boller
    Alfred P. Boller was an American civil engineer known for designing major infrastructure projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • C. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • D. Millard Mitchell
    Millard Mitchell was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1940s and 1950s.
  • E. Harold Hazen
    Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
  • 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: Willard Huyck
Triple: [American Graffiti, screenwriter, Willard Huyck]
Generated description
Willard Huyck is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for his collaborations with George Lucas and his work on films such as "American Graffiti" and "Howard the Duck."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Willard Huyck
Target entity description: Willard Huyck is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for his collaborations with George Lucas and his work on films such as "American Graffiti" and "Howard the Duck."
  • A. Edwin E. Witte
    Edwin E. Witte was an American economist and civil servant known as the “father of Social Security” for his central role in drafting the U.S. Social Security Act of 1935.
  • B. Alfred P. Boller
    Alfred P. Boller was an American civil engineer known for designing major infrastructure projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • C. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • D. Millard Mitchell
    Millard Mitchell was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1940s and 1950s.
  • E. Harold Hazen
    Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
  • 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_69a493406c408190957eeec9048a8fb6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a0aebde88190a49d421477713103 completed March 1, 2026, 8:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae589ab1b48190bb10fd42a48ea0fe completed March 9, 2026, 5:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae595a222881908d86ba8690c4fc65 completed March 9, 2026, 5:23 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae59efdf4c8190aaa1d63ce6e98696 completed March 9, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.