Triple
T11680360
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Children of a Lesser God |
E277598
|
entity |
| Predicate | screenwriter |
P2831
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mark Medoff
Mark Medoff was an American playwright, screenwriter, and director best known for his Tony Award–winning play "Children of a Lesser God" and its acclaimed film adaptation.
|
E940579
|
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: Mark Medoff | Statement: [Children of a Lesser God, screenwriter, Mark Medoff]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mark Medoff Context triple: [Children of a Lesser God, screenwriter, Mark Medoff]
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A.
Alan Kushner
Alan Kushner is an individual notable enough to be specifically distinguished from others sharing the surname Kushner, though widely recognized public details about him are limited.
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B.
Tom Mendelsohn
Tom Mendelsohn is an Australian man known primarily as the brother of acclaimed actor Ben Mendelsohn.
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C.
Nathan Mendelsohn
Nathan Mendelsohn was a real estate developer and visionary planner best known for conceiving and developing the master-planned community of California City in the Mojave Desert.
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D.
Alan Zweibel
Alan Zweibel is an American comedy writer and producer best known as one of the original writers for Saturday Night Live and a longtime collaborator of Gilda Radner and Billy Crystal.
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E.
Jonathan Hadary
Jonathan Hadary is an American stage and screen actor known for his work in Broadway productions and various film and television roles.
- 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: Mark Medoff Triple: [Children of a Lesser God, screenwriter, Mark Medoff]
Generated description
Mark Medoff was an American playwright, screenwriter, and director best known for his Tony Award–winning play "Children of a Lesser God" and its acclaimed film adaptation.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mark Medoff Target entity description: Mark Medoff was an American playwright, screenwriter, and director best known for his Tony Award–winning play "Children of a Lesser God" and its acclaimed film adaptation.
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A.
Alan Kushner
Alan Kushner is an individual notable enough to be specifically distinguished from others sharing the surname Kushner, though widely recognized public details about him are limited.
-
B.
Tom Mendelsohn
Tom Mendelsohn is an Australian man known primarily as the brother of acclaimed actor Ben Mendelsohn.
-
C.
Nathan Mendelsohn
Nathan Mendelsohn was a real estate developer and visionary planner best known for conceiving and developing the master-planned community of California City in the Mojave Desert.
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D.
Alan Zweibel
Alan Zweibel is an American comedy writer and producer best known as one of the original writers for Saturday Night Live and a longtime collaborator of Gilda Radner and Billy Crystal.
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E.
Jonathan Hadary
Jonathan Hadary is an American stage and screen actor known for his work in Broadway productions and various film and television roles.
- 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_69d6aafd0a448190b44da30af8c6c519 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8a461b0908190bef4e1c6777affcf |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:18 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ef141134bc81908c0cfb0a3711c115 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 7:45 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ef35527f908190b681afdae3aec319 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ef51ec07ec8190b5cd97cf909388f0 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 12:09 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:40 p.m.