Triple

T8992282
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Khartoum (1966 film) E214818 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Robert Ardrey
Robert Ardrey was an American playwright, screenwriter, and influential science writer best known for his popular works on human evolution and the “killer ape” theory.
E770547 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: Robert Ardrey | Statement: [Khartoum (1966 film), screenwriter, Robert Ardrey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Ardrey
Context triple: [Khartoum (1966 film), screenwriter, Robert Ardrey]
  • A. Ashley Montagu
    Ashley Montagu was a British-American anthropologist and humanist known for his influential writings on race, gender, and the biological basis of human behavior.
  • B. George C. Williams
    George C. Williams was an influential evolutionary biologist best known for his work on adaptation, natural selection, and the gene-centered view of evolution.
  • C. George Gaylord Simpson
    George Gaylord Simpson was a prominent American paleontologist whose work on fossil mammals and evolutionary theory helped shape the modern evolutionary synthesis.
  • D. Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt
    Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt was an Austrian ethologist regarded as a founder of human ethology, known for his pioneering research on innate human behavior and cross-cultural studies of nonverbal communication.
  • E. Desmond Morris
    Desmond Morris is a British zoologist, ethologist, and author best known for his popular works on human and animal behavior, including the influential book "The Naked Ape."
  • 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: Robert Ardrey
Triple: [Khartoum (1966 film), screenwriter, Robert Ardrey]
Generated description
Robert Ardrey was an American playwright, screenwriter, and influential science writer best known for his popular works on human evolution and the “killer ape” theory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Ardrey
Target entity description: Robert Ardrey was an American playwright, screenwriter, and influential science writer best known for his popular works on human evolution and the “killer ape” theory.
  • A. Ashley Montagu
    Ashley Montagu was a British-American anthropologist and humanist known for his influential writings on race, gender, and the biological basis of human behavior.
  • B. George C. Williams
    George C. Williams was an influential evolutionary biologist best known for his work on adaptation, natural selection, and the gene-centered view of evolution.
  • C. George Gaylord Simpson
    George Gaylord Simpson was a prominent American paleontologist whose work on fossil mammals and evolutionary theory helped shape the modern evolutionary synthesis.
  • D. Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt
    Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt was an Austrian ethologist regarded as a founder of human ethology, known for his pioneering research on innate human behavior and cross-cultural studies of nonverbal communication.
  • E. Desmond Morris
    Desmond Morris is a British zoologist, ethologist, and author best known for his popular works on human and animal behavior, including the influential book "The Naked Ape."
  • 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_69ca83a05c608190bdfdbdb25e994b39 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc6876583081909d936dc3c3152587 completed April 1, 2026, 12:36 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfd0c9659c8190ae7ff5df8e016d17 completed April 3, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfd16959f88190b153766133ffe0dc completed April 3, 2026, 2:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfd1da79b8819096d753ea7836265c completed April 3, 2026, 2:42 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:04 p.m.