Triple

T15310987
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Man Who Knew Too Little E366034 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Robert Farrar
Robert Farrar is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the 1997 comedy spy film "The Man Who Knew Too Little" starring Bill Murray.
E1164784 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: Robert Farrar | Statement: [The Man Who Knew Too Little, screenwriter, Robert Farrar]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Farrar
Context triple: [The Man Who Knew Too Little, screenwriter, Robert Farrar]
  • A. Robert Farquharson
    Robert Farquharson is an Australian man whose trial for the deaths of his three sons in a car crash became the focus of Helen Garner’s true-crime book "This House of Grief."
  • B. William Lamberton
    William Lamberton was a prominent early 14th-century Scottish bishop and staunch supporter of Scottish independence, closely associated with figures like Robert the Bruce.
  • C. Bernard Fergusson
    Bernard Fergusson was a British Army officer, military historian, and colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of New Zealand in the 1960s.
  • D. William Ruthven
    William Ruthven was an Australian soldier and politician best known as a recipient of the Victoria Cross for his bravery during World War I.
  • E. Walter Findlay
    Walter Findlay is a central character on the 1970s American sitcom "Maude," known as Maude Findlay's often exasperated but loving husband.
  • 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: Robert Farrar
Triple: [The Man Who Knew Too Little, screenwriter, Robert Farrar]
Generated description
Robert Farrar is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the 1997 comedy spy film "The Man Who Knew Too Little" starring Bill Murray.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Farrar
Target entity description: Robert Farrar is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the 1997 comedy spy film "The Man Who Knew Too Little" starring Bill Murray.
  • A. Robert Farquharson
    Robert Farquharson is an Australian man whose trial for the deaths of his three sons in a car crash became the focus of Helen Garner’s true-crime book "This House of Grief."
  • B. William Lamberton
    William Lamberton was a prominent early 14th-century Scottish bishop and staunch supporter of Scottish independence, closely associated with figures like Robert the Bruce.
  • C. Bernard Fergusson
    Bernard Fergusson was a British Army officer, military historian, and colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of New Zealand in the 1960s.
  • D. William Ruthven
    William Ruthven was an Australian soldier and politician best known as a recipient of the Victoria Cross for his bravery during World War I.
  • E. Walter Findlay
    Walter Findlay is a central character on the 1970s American sitcom "Maude," known as Maude Findlay's often exasperated but loving husband.
  • 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_69d85a113ee881908e297a1d38dd79fa completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e03cd176708190b0f6ba17aed92f8e completed April 16, 2026, 1:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff4c2efb148190a2e6c0811f2afb5f completed May 9, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff4d4dd8108190aa3271a9feaea5ca completed May 9, 2026, 3:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff4e29e8a48190bf7728cf2d099a7e completed May 9, 2026, 3:09 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:16 a.m.