Triple

T11740832
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Best Years of Our Lives E279148 entity
Predicate authorOfSourceWork P2353 FINISHED
Object MacKinlay Kantor
MacKinlay Kantor was an American novelist and Pulitzer Prize–winning author known for his historical fiction and contributions to mid-20th-century American literature.
 E1109064 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: MacKinlay Kantor | Statement: [The Best Years of Our Lives, authorOfSourceWork, MacKinlay Kantor]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: MacKinlay Kantor
Context triple: [The Best Years of Our Lives, authorOfSourceWork, MacKinlay Kantor]
  • A. Sidney Buchman
    Sidney Buchman was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work in Hollywood during the 1930s–1950s, including notable collaborations with major studios and directors.
  • B. Oscar Broneer
    Oscar Broneer was a Swedish-American archaeologist best known for his excavations in Greece, particularly at the sanctuary of Poseidon at Isthmia.
  • C. Irving Pincus
    Irving Pincus was an American television writer and producer best known for creating the popular 1950s–60s sitcom "The Real McCoys."
  • D. Louis Hollander
    Louis Hollander was a New York labor leader and public official who served as the state’s Industrial Commissioner, overseeing labor and employment policy.
  • E. Lewis Meltzer
    Lewis Meltzer was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films, including notable adaptations of literary works.
  • 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: MacKinlay Kantor
Triple: [The Best Years of Our Lives, authorOfSourceWork, MacKinlay Kantor]
Generated description
MacKinlay Kantor was an American novelist and Pulitzer Prize–winning author known for his historical fiction and contributions to mid-20th-century American literature.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: MacKinlay Kantor
Target entity description: MacKinlay Kantor was an American novelist and Pulitzer Prize–winning author known for his historical fiction and contributions to mid-20th-century American literature.
  • A. Sidney Buchman
    Sidney Buchman was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work in Hollywood during the 1930s–1950s, including notable collaborations with major studios and directors.
  • B. Oscar Broneer
    Oscar Broneer was a Swedish-American archaeologist best known for his excavations in Greece, particularly at the sanctuary of Poseidon at Isthmia.
  • C. Irving Pincus
    Irving Pincus was an American television writer and producer best known for creating the popular 1950s–60s sitcom "The Real McCoys."
  • D. Louis Hollander
    Louis Hollander was a New York labor leader and public official who served as the state’s Industrial Commissioner, overseeing labor and employment policy.
  • E. Lewis Meltzer
    Lewis Meltzer was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films, including notable adaptations of literary works.
  • 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_69d6aaffec6881908bead509e8621742 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a4f025f88190a39280806c9d7c33 completed April 10, 2026, 7:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd9495b9748190905b02621939b326 completed May 8, 2026, 7:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd9619f33881908e8d95ef09256d34 completed May 8, 2026, 7:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd96e97ec48190aae9b25ce7154802 completed May 8, 2026, 7:55 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:41 p.m.