Triple

T10555689
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Schamus E249080 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Schamus
Schamus is the surname of James Schamus, an American screenwriter, producer, and former CEO of Focus Features known for his collaborations with director Ang Lee.
 E870420 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: Schamus | Statement: [James Schamus, familyName, Schamus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Schamus
Context triple: [James Schamus, familyName, Schamus]
  • A. Matt Shafer
    Matt Shafer, better known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American singer-songwriter and musician recognized for his blend of rock, country, and pop influences.
  • B. Don Meier
    Don Meier was an American television producer best known for creating the long-running wildlife documentary series "Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom."
  • C. John Lazzaro
    John Lazzaro is an electrical engineer and computer scientist known for his work in neuromorphic engineering and VLSI design, particularly in collaboration with Carver Mead’s research lineage.
  • D. Paul Reiche III
    Paul Reiche III is an American game designer and developer best known as the co-founder of Toys for Bob and co-creator of the Star Control and Skylanders series.
  • E. Ben Trokan
    Ben Trokan is a musician best known as a member of Marky Ramone and the Intruders, contributing to the punk rock legacy associated with former Ramones drummer Marky Ramone.
  • 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: Schamus
Triple: [James Schamus, familyName, Schamus]
Generated description
Schamus is the surname of James Schamus, an American screenwriter, producer, and former CEO of Focus Features known for his collaborations with director Ang Lee.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Schamus
Target entity description: Schamus is the surname of James Schamus, an American screenwriter, producer, and former CEO of Focus Features known for his collaborations with director Ang Lee.
  • A. Matt Shafer
    Matt Shafer, better known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American singer-songwriter and musician recognized for his blend of rock, country, and pop influences.
  • B. Don Meier
    Don Meier was an American television producer best known for creating the long-running wildlife documentary series "Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom."
  • C. John Lazzaro
    John Lazzaro is an electrical engineer and computer scientist known for his work in neuromorphic engineering and VLSI design, particularly in collaboration with Carver Mead’s research lineage.
  • D. Paul Reiche III
    Paul Reiche III is an American game designer and developer best known as the co-founder of Toys for Bob and co-creator of the Star Control and Skylanders series.
  • E. Ben Trokan
    Ben Trokan is a musician best known as a member of Marky Ramone and the Intruders, contributing to the punk rock legacy associated with former Ramones drummer Marky Ramone.
  • 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_69d381c733c08190ab1dd6239f5f34ae completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d52712a9988190bf63e7c47f6e6fc1 completed April 7, 2026, 3:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d9347ae67081909cb2c3911cb1be67 completed April 10, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d938c979788190b11b02748ed44153 completed April 10, 2026, 5:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d9398b63f08190910dd838ad11de6e completed April 10, 2026, 5:55 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:34 p.m.