Triple

T12165360
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Ghost Ship E289819 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Donald Henderson Clarke
Donald Henderson Clarke was an American novelist, journalist, and screenwriter known for his hardboiled crime and scandal-themed stories that were frequently adapted for film.
E970214 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: Donald Henderson Clarke | Statement: [The Ghost Ship, screenwriter, Donald Henderson Clarke]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Henderson Clarke
Context triple: [The Ghost Ship, screenwriter, Donald Henderson Clarke]
  • A. Donald A. Henderson
    Donald A. Henderson was an American epidemiologist who led the World Health Organization’s successful global campaign to eradicate smallpox.
  • B. Thomas Tamm
    Thomas Tamm is a former U.S. Justice Department lawyer known for exposing the Bush administration’s secret warrantless wiretapping program, code-named Stellar Wind.
  • C. John L. Hines
    John L. Hines was a United States Army general who served as Army Chief of Staff in the 1920s and was a prominent commander during World War I.
  • D. William McNamara
    William McNamara is an American actor known for his roles in 1990s thrillers and dramas, including prominent performances in films like "Copycat" and "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken."
  • E. James McAuliffe
    James McAuliffe is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the McAuliffe surname.
  • 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: Donald Henderson Clarke
Triple: [The Ghost Ship, screenwriter, Donald Henderson Clarke]
Generated description
Donald Henderson Clarke was an American novelist, journalist, and screenwriter known for his hardboiled crime and scandal-themed stories that were frequently adapted for film.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Henderson Clarke
Target entity description: Donald Henderson Clarke was an American novelist, journalist, and screenwriter known for his hardboiled crime and scandal-themed stories that were frequently adapted for film.
  • A. Donald A. Henderson
    Donald A. Henderson was an American epidemiologist who led the World Health Organization’s successful global campaign to eradicate smallpox.
  • B. Thomas Tamm
    Thomas Tamm is a former U.S. Justice Department lawyer known for exposing the Bush administration’s secret warrantless wiretapping program, code-named Stellar Wind.
  • C. John L. Hines
    John L. Hines was a United States Army general who served as Army Chief of Staff in the 1920s and was a prominent commander during World War I.
  • D. William McNamara
    William McNamara is an American actor known for his roles in 1990s thrillers and dramas, including prominent performances in films like "Copycat" and "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken."
  • E. James McAuliffe
    James McAuliffe is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the McAuliffe surname.
  • 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_69d6ab4d6c00819095a9a7c35de83cfb completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d915d7109481908bf5fe512bba3c89 completed April 10, 2026, 3:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f60a837a5881908c600be0be334269 completed May 2, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f60bdb39f48190ad6bc51db6c34163 completed May 2, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f60d4889d48190b2dfda8a0978cc72 completed May 2, 2026, 2:42 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:50 p.m.