Triple

T14521128
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject May December E340652 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Alex Mechanik
Alex Mechanik is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the acclaimed film "May December."
E1105120 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: Alex Mechanik | Statement: [May December, screenwriter, Alex Mechanik]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alex Mechanik
Context triple: [May December, screenwriter, Alex Mechanik]
  • A. Bill Mechanic
    Bill Mechanic is an American film producer and former Fox Filmed Entertainment chairman known for overseeing major studio hits and producing high-profile projects, including the 82nd Academy Awards ceremony.
  • B. Tony Machine
    Tony Machine is a rock drummer best known for his work with The Jim Carroll Band and his involvement in the 1970s New York punk scene.
  • C. Gunther
    Gunther is a false identity adopted by the villainous Count Olaf in Lemony Snicket’s "A Series of Unfortunate Events" to deceive others and further his schemes against the Baudelaire orphans.
  • D. Gunther
    Gunther is an Austrian professional wrestler known for his hard-hitting style and dominant championship reigns in WWE.
  • E. Gunther
    Gunther is a recurring character on the television show "Friends," best known as the bleach-blond barista and manager at the Central Perk coffeehouse who harbors an unrequited crush on Rachel.
  • 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: Alex Mechanik
Triple: [May December, screenwriter, Alex Mechanik]
Generated description
Alex Mechanik is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the acclaimed film "May December."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alex Mechanik
Target entity description: Alex Mechanik is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the acclaimed film "May December."
  • A. Bill Mechanic
    Bill Mechanic is an American film producer and former Fox Filmed Entertainment chairman known for overseeing major studio hits and producing high-profile projects, including the 82nd Academy Awards ceremony.
  • B. Tony Machine
    Tony Machine is a rock drummer best known for his work with The Jim Carroll Band and his involvement in the 1970s New York punk scene.
  • C. Gunther
    Gunther is an Austrian professional wrestler known for his hard-hitting style and dominant championship reigns in WWE.
  • D. Gunther
    Gunther is a false identity adopted by the villainous Count Olaf in Lemony Snicket’s "A Series of Unfortunate Events" to deceive others and further his schemes against the Baudelaire orphans.
  • E. Gunther
    Gunther is a recurring character on the television show "Friends," best known as the bleach-blond barista and manager at the Central Perk coffeehouse who harbors an unrequited crush on Rachel.
  • 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_69d822dac79c8190a84a073f3cbaced5 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de9a72cff08190878b4bed9b0b5eb5 completed April 14, 2026, 7:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd7a4da6908190a3e2cae16f6240d9 completed May 8, 2026, 5:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd7bc384b88190bdf562e68b0c44f6 completed May 8, 2026, 5:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd7c2260808190bced99ed86e8fd4b completed May 8, 2026, 6:01 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:22 a.m.