Triple

T10749935
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Wiz (film) E253546 entity
Predicate producer P490 FINISHED
Object Ken Harper
Ken Harper was a film and theater producer best known for bringing the hit Broadway musical "The Wiz" to the screen in its 1978 film adaptation.
 E883976 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Ken Harper | Statement: [The Wiz (film), producer, Ken Harper]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ken Harper
Context triple: [The Wiz (film), producer, Ken Harper]
  • A. Bryan Harper
    Bryan Harper is an American former professional baseball player and the older brother of MLB star Bryce Harper.
  • B. Darryl Harper
    Darryl Harper is a music producer best known for his co-production work on Jay-Z’s hit single "99 Problems."
  • C. Brett Rypien
    Brett Rypien is an American football quarterback who has played in the NFL, known for his collegiate career at Boise State and as the nephew of former Super Bowl MVP Mark Rypien.
  • D. Doug Harvey
    Doug Harvey was a highly respected Major League Baseball umpire, widely regarded as one of the greatest in the sport’s history and inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • E. Doug Harvey
    Doug Harvey was a legendary Canadian ice hockey defenceman, best known for revolutionizing the position and starring with the Montreal Canadiens in the 1950s and early 1960s.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ken Harper
Target entity description: Ken Harper was a film and theater producer best known for bringing the hit Broadway musical "The Wiz" to the screen in its 1978 film adaptation.
  • A. Bryan Harper
    Bryan Harper is an American former professional baseball player and the older brother of MLB star Bryce Harper.
  • B. Darryl Harper
    Darryl Harper is a music producer best known for his co-production work on Jay-Z’s hit single "99 Problems."
  • C. Brett Rypien
    Brett Rypien is an American football quarterback who has played in the NFL, known for his collegiate career at Boise State and as the nephew of former Super Bowl MVP Mark Rypien.
  • D. Doug Harvey
    Doug Harvey was a highly respected Major League Baseball umpire, widely regarded as one of the greatest in the sport’s history and inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • E. Doug Harvey
    Doug Harvey was a legendary Canadian ice hockey defenceman, best known for revolutionizing the position and starring with the Montreal Canadiens in the 1950s and early 1960s.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Ken Harper
Triple: [The Wiz (film), producer, Ken Harper]
Generated description
Ken Harper was a film and theater producer best known for bringing the hit Broadway musical "The Wiz" to the screen in its 1978 film adaptation.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d6aa5e51e8819095f06881cecf152e elicitation completed
NER batch_69d71dbfe5f481908eed42328447b158 ner completed
NED1 batch_69de23292f8c8190a52c94c03e7d476d ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69de2cdd79608190bad8045939556bc7 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69de271e2698819093bba748a0a0db5d nedg completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:15 p.m.