Triple

T10367534
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Penguins of Madagascar E244293 entity
Predicate creator P184 FINISHED
Object Eric Darnell
Eric Darnell is an American director, screenwriter, and animator best known for his work on DreamWorks Animation films, including the Madagascar franchise and its spin-offs.
E860636 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 Darnell | Statement: [Penguins of Madagascar, creator, Eric Darnell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eric Darnell
Context triple: [Penguins of Madagascar, creator, Eric Darnell]
  • A. Rick Darnell
    Rick Darnell was an American songwriter best known for co-writing the blues standard "The Thrill Is Gone," popularized by B.B. King.
  • B. Jay Sandrich
    Jay Sandrich was an American television and film director best known for shaping the style of classic sitcoms such as The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Cosby Show.
  • C. Michael Dorman
    Michael Dorman is an Australian actor known for his roles in television series such as "For All Mankind," "Patriot," and "The Secret Life of Us."
  • D. Dwayne Gittens
    Dwayne Gittens is a fictional character from the crime thriller film "In Too Deep," involved in the movie’s gritty underworld narrative.
  • E. Steven Dillingham
    Steven Dillingham is an American government official who served as Director of the U.S. Census Bureau during the 2020 United States census.
  • 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 Darnell
Triple: [Penguins of Madagascar, creator, Eric Darnell]
Generated description
Eric Darnell is an American director, screenwriter, and animator best known for his work on DreamWorks Animation films, including the Madagascar franchise and its spin-offs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eric Darnell
Target entity description: Eric Darnell is an American director, screenwriter, and animator best known for his work on DreamWorks Animation films, including the Madagascar franchise and its spin-offs.
  • A. Rick Darnell
    Rick Darnell was an American songwriter best known for co-writing the blues standard "The Thrill Is Gone," popularized by B.B. King.
  • B. Jay Sandrich
    Jay Sandrich was an American television and film director best known for shaping the style of classic sitcoms such as The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Cosby Show.
  • C. Michael Dorman
    Michael Dorman is an Australian actor known for his roles in television series such as "For All Mankind," "Patriot," and "The Secret Life of Us."
  • D. Dwayne Gittens
    Dwayne Gittens is a fictional character from the crime thriller film "In Too Deep," involved in the movie’s gritty underworld narrative.
  • E. Steven Dillingham
    Steven Dillingham is an American government official who served as Director of the U.S. Census Bureau during the 2020 United States census.
  • 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_69d381b3e328819094b23b8edcd29b5a completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d4e96fd6f081908f630a16106996d9 completed April 7, 2026, 11:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d79546b078819089dec7628c95a681 completed April 9, 2026, 12:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d7bdde34408190a047ede29b91e182 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d7e5fc6a008190b2a2326840074b53 completed April 9, 2026, 5:46 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, noon