Triple

T11956650
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Civil Wars E284569 entity
Predicate creator P184 FINISHED
Object William M. Finkelstein
William M. Finkelstein is an American television writer and producer known for his work on acclaimed legal and crime dramas such as L.A. Law and NYPD Blue.
E1120891 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 M. Finkelstein | Statement: [Civil Wars, creator, William M. Finkelstein]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William M. Finkelstein
Context triple: [Civil Wars, creator, William M. Finkelstein]
  • A. David H. Steinberg
    David H. Steinberg is a television writer and producer best known for his work on American sitcoms, including creating the series "3rd Rock from the Sun."
  • B. Myron I. Kerstein
    Myron I. Kerstein is an American film editor known for his work on feature films and television, including projects like "Down to Earth" (2001) and later acclaimed titles such as "Crazy Rich Asians."
  • C. Frank E. Seidman
    Frank E. Seidman was an influential figure in the field of political economy, honored by a distinguished award that bears his name.
  • D. Larry A. Lebofsky
    Larry A. Lebofsky is an American astronomer known for his work in planetary science and the study of ring systems around planets.
  • E. Philip M. Kaiser
    Philip M. Kaiser was an American diplomat and public servant who held several key ambassadorial posts during the Cold War era.
  • 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 M. Finkelstein
Triple: [Civil Wars, creator, William M. Finkelstein]
Generated description
William M. Finkelstein is an American television writer and producer known for his work on acclaimed legal and crime dramas such as L.A. Law and NYPD Blue.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William M. Finkelstein
Target entity description: William M. Finkelstein is an American television writer and producer known for his work on acclaimed legal and crime dramas such as L.A. Law and NYPD Blue.
  • A. David H. Steinberg
    David H. Steinberg is a television writer and producer best known for his work on American sitcoms, including creating the series "3rd Rock from the Sun."
  • B. Myron I. Kerstein
    Myron I. Kerstein is an American film editor known for his work on feature films and television, including projects like "Down to Earth" (2001) and later acclaimed titles such as "Crazy Rich Asians."
  • C. Frank E. Seidman
    Frank E. Seidman was an influential figure in the field of political economy, honored by a distinguished award that bears his name.
  • D. Larry A. Lebofsky
    Larry A. Lebofsky is an American astronomer known for his work in planetary science and the study of ring systems around planets.
  • E. Philip M. Kaiser
    Philip M. Kaiser was an American diplomat and public servant who held several key ambassadorial posts during the Cold War era.
  • 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_69d6ab2db38c8190b1f0ed6663ef8ada completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d90366fda8819083168c93abad27d4 completed April 10, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe249a972081909b30302865396eb1 completed May 8, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe287b10ec8190a3d01ff4c2c91a7f completed May 8, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe28f5aa7c819098fcab8c9e448d99 completed May 8, 2026, 6:18 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:45 p.m.