Triple

T14397599
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Short Circuit E356989 entity
Predicate writer P1360 FINISHED
Object Brent Maddock
Brent Maddock is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing popular science fiction and horror-comedy films such as "Short Circuit" and the "Tremors" series.
E1172592 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: Brent Maddock | Statement: [Short Circuit, writer, Brent Maddock]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brent Maddock
Context triple: [Short Circuit, writer, Brent Maddock]
  • A. Dale Hunter
    Dale Hunter is a former Canadian NHL center known for his gritty, physical play and leadership, most notably with the Washington Capitals.
  • B. Shawn Eckhardt
    Shawn Eckhardt was a key figure in the 1994 figure skating scandal involving the attack on Nancy Kerrigan, portrayed as a central character in the film "I, Tonya."
  • C. Ron Dermer
    Ron Dermer is an Israeli diplomat and politician who served as Israel’s ambassador to the United States and is known as a close adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
  • D. Mike Malloy
    Mike Malloy is a progressive American radio talk show host known for his outspoken, left-leaning political commentary and work on various liberal talk radio networks.
  • E. Mike Tidwell
    Mike Tidwell is an American environmental activist, author, and founder of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, known for his advocacy on climate change and clean energy.
  • 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: Brent Maddock
Triple: [Short Circuit, writer, Brent Maddock]
Generated description
Brent Maddock is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing popular science fiction and horror-comedy films such as "Short Circuit" and the "Tremors" series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brent Maddock
Target entity description: Brent Maddock is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing popular science fiction and horror-comedy films such as "Short Circuit" and the "Tremors" series.
  • A. Dale Hunter
    Dale Hunter is a former Canadian NHL center known for his gritty, physical play and leadership, most notably with the Washington Capitals.
  • B. Shawn Eckhardt
    Shawn Eckhardt was a key figure in the 1994 figure skating scandal involving the attack on Nancy Kerrigan, portrayed as a central character in the film "I, Tonya."
  • C. Ron Dermer
    Ron Dermer is an Israeli diplomat and politician who served as Israel’s ambassador to the United States and is known as a close adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
  • D. Mike Malloy
    Mike Malloy is a progressive American radio talk show host known for his outspoken, left-leaning political commentary and work on various liberal talk radio networks.
  • E. Mike Tidwell
    Mike Tidwell is an American environmental activist, author, and founder of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, known for his advocacy on climate change and clean energy.
  • 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_69d827927c988190ad98bb0360981783 completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de90826f908190b3969af9b7cf922f completed April 14, 2026, 7:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff7559f0448190a992f0770ac8227a completed May 9, 2026, 5:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff77d4884c81909d43e590d406feff completed May 9, 2026, 6:07 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff780af73c81909a98f67bd53f7348 completed May 9, 2026, 6:08 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:17 a.m.