Triple

T9740974
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Butterfly Effect E236183 entity
Predicate director P255 FINISHED
Object Eric Bress
Eric Bress is an American screenwriter and film director best known for co-writing and co-directing the psychological thriller film "The Butterfly Effect."
E818792 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: Eric Bress | Statement: [The Butterfly Effect, director, Eric Bress]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eric Bress
Context triple: [The Butterfly Effect, director, Eric Bress]
  • A. Alex Gansa
    Alex Gansa is an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating and showrunning the acclaimed political thriller series "Homeland."
  • B. Matthew Heineman
    Matthew Heineman is an American filmmaker known for his immersive, character-driven documentaries and narrative features that often explore conflict zones and social issues.
  • C. Stephen Gaghan
    Stephen Gaghan is an American screenwriter and director best known for his politically charged, multi-narrative films such as "Traffic" and "Syriana."
  • D. Jeremy Leven
    Jeremy Leven is an American screenwriter, director, and novelist known for adapting romantic and character-driven stories for film, including the hit movie "The Notebook."
  • E. Michael Seitzman
    Michael Seitzman is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on films such as "North Country" and for creating and producing several television series.
  • 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: Eric Bress
Triple: [The Butterfly Effect, director, Eric Bress]
Generated description
Eric Bress is an American screenwriter and film director best known for co-writing and co-directing the psychological thriller film "The Butterfly Effect."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eric Bress
Target entity description: Eric Bress is an American screenwriter and film director best known for co-writing and co-directing the psychological thriller film "The Butterfly Effect."
  • A. Alex Gansa
    Alex Gansa is an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating and showrunning the acclaimed political thriller series "Homeland."
  • B. Matthew Heineman
    Matthew Heineman is an American filmmaker known for his immersive, character-driven documentaries and narrative features that often explore conflict zones and social issues.
  • C. Stephen Gaghan
    Stephen Gaghan is an American screenwriter and director best known for his politically charged, multi-narrative films such as "Traffic" and "Syriana."
  • D. Jeremy Leven
    Jeremy Leven is an American screenwriter, director, and novelist known for adapting romantic and character-driven stories for film, including the hit movie "The Notebook."
  • E. Michael Seitzman
    Michael Seitzman is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on films such as "North Country" and for creating and producing several television series.
  • 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_69ca84d3e24481908a476e2231123cf9 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9f2af3e48190b83a442cd0e84062 completed April 1, 2026, 10:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1afe974608190874e2aba2189de80 completed April 5, 2026, 12:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1b08ba1f48190830852f9d60e3368 completed April 5, 2026, 12:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1b124659481909e7a2ecaf01d8a50 completed April 5, 2026, 12:47 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:23 p.m.