Triple

T1200185
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Black Stallion E25761 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object William D. Wittliff
William D. Wittliff was an American screenwriter, author, and photographer best known for his work on acclaimed films and television projects such as "Lonesome Dove."
E232578 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 D. Wittliff | Statement: [The Black Stallion, screenwriter, William D. Wittliff]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William D. Wittliff
Context triple: [The Black Stallion, screenwriter, William D. Wittliff]
  • A. Arthur Loomis Harmon
    Arthur Loomis Harmon was an American architect best known as a partner in the firm that designed the Empire State Building.
  • B. Albert D. Wheelon
    Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
  • C. George L. Dahl
    George L. Dahl was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for shaping much of Dallas’s skyline and major civic landmarks.
  • D. Herbert L. Anderson
    Herbert L. Anderson was an American experimental physicist who played a crucial role in the development of the first nuclear chain reaction and early atomic research during the Manhattan Project.
  • E. Edwin E. Witte
    Edwin E. Witte was an American economist and civil servant known as the “father of Social Security” for his central role in drafting the U.S. Social Security Act of 1935.
  • 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 D. Wittliff
Triple: [The Black Stallion, screenwriter, William D. Wittliff]
Generated description
William D. Wittliff was an American screenwriter, author, and photographer best known for his work on acclaimed films and television projects such as "Lonesome Dove."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William D. Wittliff
Target entity description: William D. Wittliff was an American screenwriter, author, and photographer best known for his work on acclaimed films and television projects such as "Lonesome Dove."
  • A. Arthur Loomis Harmon
    Arthur Loomis Harmon was an American architect best known as a partner in the firm that designed the Empire State Building.
  • B. Albert D. Wheelon
    Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
  • C. George L. Dahl
    George L. Dahl was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for shaping much of Dallas’s skyline and major civic landmarks.
  • D. Herbert L. Anderson
    Herbert L. Anderson was an American experimental physicist who played a crucial role in the development of the first nuclear chain reaction and early atomic research during the Manhattan Project.
  • E. Edwin E. Witte
    Edwin E. Witte was an American economist and civil servant known as the “father of Social Security” for his central role in drafting the U.S. Social Security Act of 1935.
  • 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_69a49429f5ec8190a6a205eb0ae81e5e completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bd9ec3488190afe35af54efae5e9 completed March 1, 2026, 10:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae26ce527c8190988fd9a97ad06895 completed March 9, 2026, 1:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae2763b4b08190b733e8342a52f75e completed March 9, 2026, 1:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae27d10bf08190a14fa1ca906646f8 completed March 9, 2026, 1:52 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:46 p.m.