Triple

T12725226
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Virginian (1929 film) E304086 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Kirk La Shelle
Kirk La Shelle was an American playwright and screenwriter active in the early 20th century, known for adapting popular literary works for the stage and screen.
 E1040495 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: Kirk La Shelle | Statement: [The Virginian (1929 film), screenwriter, Kirk La Shelle]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Kirk La Shelle
Context triple: [The Virginian (1929 film), screenwriter, Kirk La Shelle]
  • A. Kirk Stievely
    Kirk Stievely is a British actor best known as the former husband of actress Victoria Tennant.
  • B. Kirk Whalum
    Kirk Whalum is an American jazz saxophonist known for his smooth jazz style, soulful tone, and collaborations with artists such as Whitney Houston and Luther Vandross.
  • C. Charlie Korsmo
    Charlie Korsmo is an American former child actor and current law professor best known for his roles in early 1990s films such as "Dick Tracy," "Hook," and "What About Bob?".
  • D. Kip Pardue
    Kip Pardue is an American actor and former model best known for his roles in films like "Remember the Titans" and "Driven."
  • E. Phil DeVoss
    Phil DeVoss is a fictional character from the romantic comedy-drama film "Elizabethtown," which explores themes of family, failure, and self-discovery.
  • 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: Kirk La Shelle
Triple: [The Virginian (1929 film), screenwriter, Kirk La Shelle]
Generated description
Kirk La Shelle was an American playwright and screenwriter active in the early 20th century, known for adapting popular literary works for the stage and screen.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Kirk La Shelle
Target entity description: Kirk La Shelle was an American playwright and screenwriter active in the early 20th century, known for adapting popular literary works for the stage and screen.
  • A. Kirk Stievely
    Kirk Stievely is a British actor best known as the former husband of actress Victoria Tennant.
  • B. Kirk Whalum
    Kirk Whalum is an American jazz saxophonist known for his smooth jazz style, soulful tone, and collaborations with artists such as Whitney Houston and Luther Vandross.
  • C. Charlie Korsmo
    Charlie Korsmo is an American former child actor and current law professor best known for his roles in early 1990s films such as "Dick Tracy," "Hook," and "What About Bob?".
  • D. Kip Pardue
    Kip Pardue is an American actor and former model best known for his roles in films like "Remember the Titans" and "Driven."
  • E. Phil DeVoss
    Phil DeVoss is a fictional character from the romantic comedy-drama film "Elizabethtown," which explores themes of family, failure, and self-discovery.
  • 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_69d7bdf084148190ab9d513dc0735af4 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d96415ebe48190ae935bc3a9b00f65 completed April 10, 2026, 8:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f739688734819092b14bd3edacd4ef completed May 3, 2026, 12:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f73ba2ae5c8190a17c71ce0df0eaf4 completed May 3, 2026, 12:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f73bdb099c8190a90654709d33ccbf completed May 3, 2026, 12:13 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:25 p.m.