Triple

T16228983
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Substitute E393929 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Alan Ormsby
Alan Ormsby is an American screenwriter, actor, and director best known for his work in 1970s and 1980s horror films such as "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things" and "Cat People."
 E1241740 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: Alan Ormsby | Statement: [The Substitute, screenwriter, Alan Ormsby]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alan Ormsby
Context triple: [The Substitute, screenwriter, Alan Ormsby]
  • A. Gary Maitland
    Gary Maitland is a Scottish actor best known for his roles in Ken Loach films, including the comedy-drama "The Angels' Share."
  • B. George Oatley
    George Oatley was a British architect best known for designing prominent early 20th-century buildings in Bristol, England.
  • C. Alan Boyd
    Alan Boyd is an American archivist, producer, and historian best known for his extensive work preserving and compiling archival recordings by The Beach Boys.
  • D. William Norrie
    William Norrie was a Canadian politician who served as the long-time mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
  • E. Moray Watson
    Moray Watson was an English character actor known for his work in British television dramas and comedies from the mid-20th century onward.
  • 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: Alan Ormsby
Triple: [The Substitute, screenwriter, Alan Ormsby]
Generated description
Alan Ormsby is an American screenwriter, actor, and director best known for his work in 1970s and 1980s horror films such as "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things" and "Cat People."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alan Ormsby
Target entity description: Alan Ormsby is an American screenwriter, actor, and director best known for his work in 1970s and 1980s horror films such as "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things" and "Cat People."
  • A. Gary Maitland
    Gary Maitland is a Scottish actor best known for his roles in Ken Loach films, including the comedy-drama "The Angels' Share."
  • B. George Oatley
    George Oatley was a British architect best known for designing prominent early 20th-century buildings in Bristol, England.
  • C. Alan Boyd
    Alan Boyd is an American archivist, producer, and historian best known for his extensive work preserving and compiling archival recordings by The Beach Boys.
  • D. William Norrie
    William Norrie was a Canadian politician who served as the long-time mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
  • E. Moray Watson
    Moray Watson was an English character actor known for his work in British television dramas and comedies from the mid-20th century onward.
  • 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_69d87f204df88190a8f88923decf9835 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e23d2889688190ac04e4e9479cabf4 completed April 17, 2026, 2:01 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00cfb95b348190a006f699c01e85ce completed May 10, 2026, 6:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00d0e1650881909eacc90cf99787f4 completed May 10, 2026, 6:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00d1e024e88190bfcb50b42f37949b completed May 10, 2026, 6:43 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:03 a.m.