Triple

T11603642
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael (1996 film) E275194 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Peter Dexter
Peter Dexter is an American novelist and screenwriter known for his darkly comic, character-driven stories and the National Book Award–winning novel "Paris Trout."
E936374 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: Peter Dexter | Statement: [Michael (1996 film), screenwriter, Peter Dexter]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peter Dexter
Context triple: [Michael (1996 film), screenwriter, Peter Dexter]
  • A. Lawrence Block
    Lawrence Block is a prolific American crime and mystery novelist best known for his Matthew Scudder and Bernie Rhodenbarr series.
  • B. Charles Glass
    Charles Glass is an American-British journalist, author, and broadcaster best known for his reporting from the Middle East and his work as ABC News chief Middle East correspondent.
  • C. Philip Dexter
    Philip Dexter is a central figure in the 1973 mystery film "The Last of Sheila," around whom much of the movie’s intricate whodunit plot and character dynamics revolve.
  • D. Charles Willeford
    Charles Willeford was an American crime novelist and cult writer known for his darkly comic, offbeat hardboiled fiction, including the Hoke Moseley series.
  • E. Thomas B. Harris
    Thomas B. Harris was a local figure of historical significance after whom the village of Thomasboro, Illinois, was named.
  • 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: Peter Dexter
Triple: [Michael (1996 film), screenwriter, Peter Dexter]
Generated description
Peter Dexter is an American novelist and screenwriter known for his darkly comic, character-driven stories and the National Book Award–winning novel "Paris Trout."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peter Dexter
Target entity description: Peter Dexter is an American novelist and screenwriter known for his darkly comic, character-driven stories and the National Book Award–winning novel "Paris Trout."
  • A. Lawrence Block
    Lawrence Block is a prolific American crime and mystery novelist best known for his Matthew Scudder and Bernie Rhodenbarr series.
  • B. Charles Glass
    Charles Glass is an American-British journalist, author, and broadcaster best known for his reporting from the Middle East and his work as ABC News chief Middle East correspondent.
  • C. Philip Dexter
    Philip Dexter is a central figure in the 1973 mystery film "The Last of Sheila," around whom much of the movie’s intricate whodunit plot and character dynamics revolve.
  • D. Charles Willeford
    Charles Willeford was an American crime novelist and cult writer known for his darkly comic, offbeat hardboiled fiction, including the Hoke Moseley series.
  • E. Thomas B. Harris
    Thomas B. Harris was a local figure of historical significance after whom the village of Thomasboro, Illinois, was named.
  • 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_69d6aaf84b548190ac072e4fb89ae18f completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d895502e0081909ee9c3d45d26cd91 completed April 10, 2026, 6:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e8a8022800819096d7a87ac8c1c751 completed April 22, 2026, 10:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e8af9665648190b7732076aa129671 completed April 22, 2026, 11:23 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ee5b3a3720819095a4a87176e052cb completed April 26, 2026, 6:36 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:38 p.m.