Triple

T12870339
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting E307831 entity
Predicate authorOccupation P938 FINISHED
Object Marc Norman is a screenwriter
Marc Norman is an American screenwriter and author best known for co-writing the Oscar-winning film "Shakespeare in Love" and for his work chronicling the history of screenwriting.
E1006360 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: Marc Norman is a screenwriter | Statement: [What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting, authorOccupation, Marc Norman is a screenwriter]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marc Norman is a screenwriter
Context triple: [What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting, authorOccupation, Marc Norman is a screenwriter]
  • A. Brian Helgeland
    Brian Helgeland is an American screenwriter and director best known for his Oscar-winning work on crime dramas and genre films such as L.A. Confidential and Mystic River.
  • B. Zak Penn
    Zak Penn is an American screenwriter and director known for his work on major science fiction and superhero films such as "The Avengers," "X2," and "Ready Player One."
  • C. Graham Moore
    Graham Moore is an American screenwriter and author best known for his Academy Award–winning adapted screenplay for the film "The Imitation Game."
  • D. Tony Gilroy
    Tony Gilroy is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for writing the Bourne film series and directing the acclaimed thriller "Michael Clayton."
  • E. Patrick Marber
    Patrick Marber is an English playwright, screenwriter, director, and comedian best known for works such as the play and film "Closer."
  • 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: Marc Norman is a screenwriter
Triple: [What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting, authorOccupation, Marc Norman is a screenwriter]
Generated description
Marc Norman is an American screenwriter and author best known for co-writing the Oscar-winning film "Shakespeare in Love" and for his work chronicling the history of screenwriting.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marc Norman is a screenwriter
Target entity description: Marc Norman is an American screenwriter and author best known for co-writing the Oscar-winning film "Shakespeare in Love" and for his work chronicling the history of screenwriting.
  • A. Brian Helgeland
    Brian Helgeland is an American screenwriter and director best known for his Oscar-winning work on crime dramas and genre films such as L.A. Confidential and Mystic River.
  • B. Zak Penn
    Zak Penn is an American screenwriter and director known for his work on major science fiction and superhero films such as "The Avengers," "X2," and "Ready Player One."
  • C. Graham Moore
    Graham Moore is an American screenwriter and author best known for his Academy Award–winning adapted screenplay for the film "The Imitation Game."
  • D. Tony Gilroy
    Tony Gilroy is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for writing the Bourne film series and directing the acclaimed thriller "Michael Clayton."
  • E. Patrick Marber
    Patrick Marber is an English playwright, screenwriter, director, and comedian best known for works such as the play and film "Closer."
  • 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_69d7bdf69bc48190af6c2621f28ca351 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d970905784819091631161a9de98c5 completed April 10, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f69bb4b28c8190a4ec9cad4e1e0f05 completed May 3, 2026, 12:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f69cc60c488190a5a71e25c075e9ff completed May 3, 2026, 12:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f69d845a9081909b40562825c1c500 completed May 3, 2026, 12:57 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:38 p.m.