Triple

T8829520
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Great Lakes Theater E210097 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object Arthur Lithgow
Arthur Lithgow was an American theater director and producer best known for his pioneering work in regional theater and Shakespeare festivals in the mid-20th century.
 E761808 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: Arthur Lithgow | Statement: [Great Lakes Theater, founder, Arthur Lithgow]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Arthur Lithgow
Context triple: [Great Lakes Theater, founder, Arthur Lithgow]
  • A. John Goldwyn
    John Goldwyn is an American film and television producer, known for his executive role at Paramount Pictures and for producing acclaimed projects such as the series "Dexter."
  • B. Charles Weidman
    Charles Weidman was an influential American modern dancer and choreographer known for helping to pioneer modern dance in the United States through his innovative theatrical and kinetic style.
  • C. Arthur Coburn
    Arthur Coburn is a film editor best known for his work on the 1994 Jim Carrey comedy "The Mask."
  • D. Arthur Coburn
    Arthur Coburn is a film editor best known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the action-comedy classic "Beverly Hills Cop."
  • E. C. Howard Crane
    C. Howard Crane was a prominent early 20th-century American architect best known for designing lavish movie palaces and theaters across the United States and Canada.
  • 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: Arthur Lithgow
Triple: [Great Lakes Theater, founder, Arthur Lithgow]
Generated description
Arthur Lithgow was an American theater director and producer best known for his pioneering work in regional theater and Shakespeare festivals in the mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Arthur Lithgow
Target entity description: Arthur Lithgow was an American theater director and producer best known for his pioneering work in regional theater and Shakespeare festivals in the mid-20th century.
  • A. John Goldwyn
    John Goldwyn is an American film and television producer, known for his executive role at Paramount Pictures and for producing acclaimed projects such as the series "Dexter."
  • B. Charles Weidman
    Charles Weidman was an influential American modern dancer and choreographer known for helping to pioneer modern dance in the United States through his innovative theatrical and kinetic style.
  • C. Arthur Coburn
    Arthur Coburn is a film editor best known for his work on the 1994 Jim Carrey comedy "The Mask."
  • D. Arthur Coburn
    Arthur Coburn is a film editor best known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the action-comedy classic "Beverly Hills Cop."
  • E. C. Howard Crane
    C. Howard Crane was a prominent early 20th-century American architect best known for designing lavish movie palaces and theaters across the United States and Canada.
  • 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_69ca8365b28081909e48e45e95dfc405 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc604c52a48190807e46c15e3c1558 completed April 1, 2026, 12:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf896382708190a08c6bacf1157066 completed April 3, 2026, 9:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf8ab6c1a8819097b8a84902a10296 completed April 3, 2026, 9:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf8bc521dc81908918b48a25f290bb completed April 3, 2026, 9:43 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:47 p.m.