Triple

T1108478
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Dark Knight E25539 entity
Predicate storyBy P1955 FINISHED
Object David S. Goyer
David S. Goyer is an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for his work on major superhero films such as Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy and the Blade series.
E145600 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: David S. Goyer | Statement: [The Dark Knight, storyBy, David S. Goyer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David S. Goyer
Context triple: [The Dark Knight, storyBy, David S. Goyer]
  • A. Steven S. DeKnight
    Steven S. DeKnight is an American writer, producer, and director best known for his work on genre television series like Spartacus and Marvel's Daredevil, as well as his feature film directing.
  • B. Roberto Orci
    Roberto Orci is a Mexican-American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing and producing major science fiction and action franchises such as the rebooted Star Trek films and the Transformers series.
  • C. Paul Darrow
    Paul Darrow was the son of famed American lawyer Clarence Darrow and a businessman who managed many of his father's financial affairs.
  • D. Shane Black
    Shane Black is an American screenwriter, director, and actor best known for writing the original Lethal Weapon and directing films such as Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Iron Man 3.
  • E. David Frankel
    David Frankel is an American film and television director best known for helming popular works such as "The Devil Wears Prada" and episodes of "Sex and the City."
  • 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: David S. Goyer
Triple: [The Dark Knight, storyBy, David S. Goyer]
Generated description
David S. Goyer is an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for his work on major superhero films such as Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy and the Blade series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David S. Goyer
Target entity description: David S. Goyer is an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for his work on major superhero films such as Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy and the Blade series.
  • A. Steven S. DeKnight
    Steven S. DeKnight is an American writer, producer, and director best known for his work on genre television series like Spartacus and Marvel's Daredevil, as well as his feature film directing.
  • B. Roberto Orci
    Roberto Orci is a Mexican-American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing and producing major science fiction and action franchises such as the rebooted Star Trek films and the Transformers series.
  • C. Paul Darrow
    Paul Darrow was the son of famed American lawyer Clarence Darrow and a businessman who managed many of his father's financial affairs.
  • D. Shane Black
    Shane Black is an American screenwriter, director, and actor best known for writing the original Lethal Weapon and directing films such as Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Iron Man 3.
  • E. David Frankel
    David Frankel is an American film and television director best known for helming popular works such as "The Devil Wears Prada" and episodes of "Sex and the City."
  • 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_69a49428d4448190b3b36991ceae87ce completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b9e6134481909f348986a25f65c6 completed March 1, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac9971114c81909769b3ad78b95189 completed March 7, 2026, 9:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac9df823208190ae27a659ac283e2a completed March 7, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac9e4788d08190b2a6f34bbf9f2671 completed March 7, 2026, 9:53 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.