Triple

T12165361
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Ghost Ship E289819 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Ben Nye
Ben Nye was an American screenwriter and film professional active in early 20th-century cinema, known for his work on genre films such as "The Ghost Ship."
 E966595 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: Ben Nye | Statement: [The Ghost Ship, screenwriter, Ben Nye]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ben Nye
Context triple: [The Ghost Ship, screenwriter, Ben Nye]
  • A. Daniel Smith
    Daniel Smith is an American music industry professional best known as the former husband of singer-songwriter Solange Knowles.
  • B. Bob Mackie
    Bob Mackie is an acclaimed American fashion and costume designer renowned for his glamorous, theatrical creations for stars such as Cher and for his influential work in television, film, and stage productions.
  • C. Bernie Ulman
    Bernie Ulman was a prominent American football official best known for serving as a referee in the National Football League, including officiating major games such as Super Bowl IX.
  • D. Vaughan Oliver
    Vaughan Oliver was a renowned British graphic designer best known for his influential, surreal album artwork for the 4AD record label.
  • E. Fred Myrow
    Fred Myrow was an American composer best known for his film scores, particularly in science fiction and horror cinema.
  • 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: Ben Nye
Triple: [The Ghost Ship, screenwriter, Ben Nye]
Generated description
Ben Nye was an American screenwriter and film professional active in early 20th-century cinema, known for his work on genre films such as "The Ghost Ship."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ben Nye
Target entity description: Ben Nye was an American screenwriter and film professional active in early 20th-century cinema, known for his work on genre films such as "The Ghost Ship."
  • A. Daniel Smith
    Daniel Smith is an American music industry professional best known as the former husband of singer-songwriter Solange Knowles.
  • B. Bob Mackie
    Bob Mackie is an acclaimed American fashion and costume designer renowned for his glamorous, theatrical creations for stars such as Cher and for his influential work in television, film, and stage productions.
  • C. Bernie Ulman
    Bernie Ulman was a prominent American football official best known for serving as a referee in the National Football League, including officiating major games such as Super Bowl IX.
  • D. Vaughan Oliver
    Vaughan Oliver was a renowned British graphic designer best known for his influential, surreal album artwork for the 4AD record label.
  • E. Fred Myrow
    Fred Myrow was an American composer best known for his film scores, particularly in science fiction and horror cinema.
  • 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_69f5f6a2716081909620a9d11cfcc2d8 completed May 2, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6017f89d88190b766af7828794d87 completed May 2, 2026, 1:51 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f60232d89881909f254da6deb7f321 completed May 2, 2026, 1:54 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:50 p.m.