Triple

T1093369
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ziegfeld Girl E24216 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object William Anthony McGuire
William Anthony McGuire was an American playwright, screenwriter, and director known for his work on major Broadway productions and Hollywood films in the early 20th century.
E166467 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: William Anthony McGuire | Statement: [Ziegfeld Girl, screenwriter, William Anthony McGuire]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Anthony McGuire
Context triple: [Ziegfeld Girl, screenwriter, William Anthony McGuire]
  • A. John Bennett
    John Bennett is the central human protagonist of the comedy film "Ted 2," known for his lifelong friendship with his foul-mouthed, living teddy bear.
  • B. Andrew Arthur Allen
    Andrew Arthur Allen is the son of acclaimed American actress and director Phylicia Rashad.
  • C. Allen Thorndike Rice
    Allen Thorndike Rice was a 19th-century American journalist, editor, and publisher best known for revitalizing and expanding the influence of the North American Review.
  • D. Thomas Bryan Martin
    Thomas Bryan Martin was an 18th-century Virginia landowner and colonial official associated with the development and governance of areas that later became part of West Virginia.
  • E. John Williams Wilson
    John Williams Wilson was a 19th-century Chilean naval officer of British origin who played a key role in Chile’s southern maritime exploration and settlement.
  • 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: William Anthony McGuire
Triple: [Ziegfeld Girl, screenwriter, William Anthony McGuire]
Generated description
William Anthony McGuire was an American playwright, screenwriter, and director known for his work on major Broadway productions and Hollywood films in the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Anthony McGuire
Target entity description: William Anthony McGuire was an American playwright, screenwriter, and director known for his work on major Broadway productions and Hollywood films in the early 20th century.
  • A. John Bennett
    John Bennett is the central human protagonist of the comedy film "Ted 2," known for his lifelong friendship with his foul-mouthed, living teddy bear.
  • B. Andrew Arthur Allen
    Andrew Arthur Allen is the son of acclaimed American actress and director Phylicia Rashad.
  • C. Allen Thorndike Rice
    Allen Thorndike Rice was a 19th-century American journalist, editor, and publisher best known for revitalizing and expanding the influence of the North American Review.
  • D. Thomas Bryan Martin
    Thomas Bryan Martin was an 18th-century Virginia landowner and colonial official associated with the development and governance of areas that later became part of West Virginia.
  • E. John Williams Wilson
    John Williams Wilson was a 19th-century Chilean naval officer of British origin who played a key role in Chile’s southern maritime exploration and settlement.
  • 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_69a4940542308190ac2a0b1f730b7cfc completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b99bd06c8190bce1d77b0337b07c completed March 1, 2026, 10:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad0e5bc6348190a0d23fe269707e1b completed March 8, 2026, 5:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad0eff5f7c81908e9bfdeb1819aa2a completed March 8, 2026, 5:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad0f5c864c8190874a413ac67ba43a completed March 8, 2026, 5:55 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.