Triple

T12623994
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Broadway Melody E301462 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Norman Houston
Norman Houston was an American screenwriter known for his work on early Hollywood films, including the musical hit "Broadway Melody."
E993191 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: Norman Houston | Statement: [Broadway Melody, screenwriter, Norman Houston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Houston
Context triple: [Broadway Melody, screenwriter, Norman Houston]
  • A. Norman Harris
    Norman Harris was an American soul and disco guitarist, songwriter, and producer closely associated with the Philadelphia soul sound.
  • B. Norman Grant
    Norman Grant is a fictional character from the science fiction novel "Space" by James A. Michener.
  • C. Norman Reynolds
    Norman Reynolds was a British production designer and art director best known for his Oscar-winning work on the original Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark.
  • D. Norman Riley
    Norman Riley is a distinguished mathematician and fluid dynamicist recognized for his influential contributions to theoretical and applied fluid mechanics.
  • E. Norman Ferguson
    Norman Ferguson was an American animator and film director at Walt Disney Studios, best known for his influential work on classic Disney features during the Golden Age of animation.
  • 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: Norman Houston
Triple: [Broadway Melody, screenwriter, Norman Houston]
Generated description
Norman Houston was an American screenwriter known for his work on early Hollywood films, including the musical hit "Broadway Melody."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Houston
Target entity description: Norman Houston was an American screenwriter known for his work on early Hollywood films, including the musical hit "Broadway Melody."
  • A. Norman Harris
    Norman Harris was an American soul and disco guitarist, songwriter, and producer closely associated with the Philadelphia soul sound.
  • B. Norman Grant
    Norman Grant is a fictional character from the science fiction novel "Space" by James A. Michener.
  • C. Norman Reynolds
    Norman Reynolds was a British production designer and art director best known for his Oscar-winning work on the original Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark.
  • D. Norman Riley
    Norman Riley is a distinguished mathematician and fluid dynamicist recognized for his influential contributions to theoretical and applied fluid mechanics.
  • E. Norman Ferguson
    Norman Ferguson was an American animator and film director at Walt Disney Studios, best known for his influential work on classic Disney features during the Golden Age of animation.
  • 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_69d7bdeaf49c8190b13800111fa77ea3 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9610a897c8190a96f3c78d4b270a2 completed April 10, 2026, 8:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f65ed8d81c8190baed4292ce3a74a1 completed May 2, 2026, 8:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f661e72c2081909b90d849b0449605 completed May 2, 2026, 8:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f662695a348190b9911a19dfc9e779 completed May 2, 2026, 8:45 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:14 p.m.