Triple

T14414010
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject They Might Be Giants (film) E357401 entity
Predicate producer P490 FINISHED
Object John Foreman
John Foreman was an American film producer known for his collaborations with director John Huston on acclaimed movies such as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "Prizzi's Honor."
 E666137 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: John Foreman | Statement: [They Might Be Giants (film), producer, John Foreman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Foreman
Context triple: [They Might Be Giants (film), producer, John Foreman]
  • A. John Foreman
    John Foreman was an American film producer best known for his collaborations with director Paul Newman on acclaimed films such as "Cool Hand Luke" and "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid."
  • B. John Foreman
    John Foreman was an American film producer best known for his collaborations with director John Huston on acclaimed films such as "The Man Who Would Be King."
  • C. Christopher Backus
    Christopher Backus is an American actor and director known for his work in film and television, as well as for being married to actress Mira Sorvino.
  • D. Michael McLean
    Michael McLean is one of the sons of actress and model Gloria Hatrick McLean, who was later married to Hollywood star James Stewart.
  • E. Philip Phillips
    Philip Phillips was an American archaeologist and scholar known for his influential research on the prehistory and mound-building cultures of the southeastern United States.
  • 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: John Foreman
Triple: [They Might Be Giants (film), producer, John Foreman]
Generated description
John Foreman was an American film producer known for his collaborations with director John Huston on acclaimed movies such as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "Prizzi's Honor."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Foreman
Target entity description: John Foreman was an American film producer known for his collaborations with director John Huston on acclaimed movies such as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "Prizzi's Honor."
  • A. John Foreman
    John Foreman was an American film producer best known for his collaborations with director Paul Newman on acclaimed films such as "Cool Hand Luke" and "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid."
  • B. John Foreman chosen
    John Foreman was an American film producer best known for his collaborations with director John Huston on acclaimed films such as "The Man Who Would Be King."
  • C. Christopher Backus
    Christopher Backus is an American actor and director known for his work in film and television, as well as for being married to actress Mira Sorvino.
  • D. Michael McLean
    Michael McLean is one of the sons of actress and model Gloria Hatrick McLean, who was later married to Hollywood star James Stewart.
  • E. Philip Phillips
    Philip Phillips was an American archaeologist and scholar known for his influential research on the prehistory and mound-building cultures of the southeastern United States.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d82793421c8190861eb0e673b085de completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de90cb3c708190822f5506ebf7ee9d completed April 14, 2026, 7:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd552858208190ba1550e7c1176a2a completed May 8, 2026, 3:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd5671e4688190ab1b7a7ed6c0cfb8 completed May 8, 2026, 3:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd57710f648190a1344ac1363acce1 completed May 8, 2026, 3:24 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:17 a.m.