Triple

T12582965

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	A Ghost Story	`E300384`	entity
Predicate	producer	`P490`	FINISHED
Object	James M. Johnston	`—`	NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: James M. Johnston | Statement: [A Ghost Story, producer, James M. Johnston]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: James M. Johnston
Context triple: [A Ghost Story, producer, James M. Johnston]

A. John B. Gough
John B. Gough was a 19th-century American orator and reformer renowned for his powerful speeches advocating abstinence from alcohol and promoting the temperance cause.
B. James W. Forsyth
James W. Forsyth was a U.S. Army officer and cavalry general best known for commanding the 7th Cavalry during the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre.
C. William A. Guthrie
William A. Guthrie was an American businessman best known for establishing the influential American Tobacco Company during the late 19th century.
D. William A. Graham
William A. Graham was a 19th-century American politician from North Carolina who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy and governor of North Carolina, and was the Whig Party’s vice-presidential nominee in 1852.
E. William G. Robertson
William G. Robertson was a notable figure associated with Portland, Oregon’s transit or civic development, honored by having the Robertson Tunnel named after him.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: James M. Johnston
Target entity description: James M. Johnston is a film producer known for his work on independent and art-house films, including the acclaimed supernatural drama "A Ghost Story."

A. John B. Gough
John B. Gough was a 19th-century American orator and reformer renowned for his powerful speeches advocating abstinence from alcohol and promoting the temperance cause.
B. James W. Forsyth
James W. Forsyth was a U.S. Army officer and cavalry general best known for commanding the 7th Cavalry during the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre.
C. William A. Guthrie
William A. Guthrie was an American businessman best known for establishing the influential American Tobacco Company during the late 19th century.
D. William A. Graham
William A. Graham was a 19th-century American politician from North Carolina who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy and governor of North Carolina, and was the Whig Party’s vice-presidential nominee in 1852.
E. William G. Robertson
William G. Robertson was a notable figure associated with Portland, Oregon’s transit or civic development, honored by having the Robertson Tunnel named after him.
F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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_69d7bde87b648190bcd0266e9efde098`	completed	April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69d954b97a508190b6c901c506441dd0`	completed	April 10, 2026, 7:51 p.m.

Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:03 p.m.