Triple

T16456904
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Usual Suspects E399706 entity
Predicate producer P490 FINISHED
Object Michael McDonnell
Michael McDonnell is a film producer best known for his work on the acclaimed neo-noir crime thriller "The Usual Suspects."
 E1214998 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: Michael McDonnell | Statement: [The Usual Suspects, producer, Michael McDonnell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael McDonnell
Context triple: [The Usual Suspects, producer, Michael McDonnell]
  • A. Michael McDonough
    Michael McDonough is a cinematographer known for his work on independent and feature films, including the drama "Darling Companion."
  • B. Michael O’Brien
    Michael O’Brien, better known by his pen name Fitz-James O’Brien, was a 19th-century Irish-born American writer noted for his pioneering works of science fiction and supernatural fiction.
  • C. John Elder
    John Elder is an author known for co-writing works with New Zealand mountaineer and adventurer Peter Hillary.
  • D. John Elder
    John Elder is the tough, stoic eldest brother and central gunslinger figure portrayed by John Wayne in the 1965 Western film "The Sons of Katie Elder."
  • E. Simon McEachern
    Simon McEachern is a stern, fanatically religious farmer in William Faulkner’s novel "Light in August," known for his harsh and abusive treatment of his adopted son, Joe Christmas.
  • 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: Michael McDonnell
Triple: [The Usual Suspects, producer, Michael McDonnell]
Generated description
Michael McDonnell is a film producer best known for his work on the acclaimed neo-noir crime thriller "The Usual Suspects."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael McDonnell
Target entity description: Michael McDonnell is a film producer best known for his work on the acclaimed neo-noir crime thriller "The Usual Suspects."
  • A. Michael McDonough
    Michael McDonough is a cinematographer known for his work on independent and feature films, including the drama "Darling Companion."
  • B. Michael O’Brien
    Michael O’Brien, better known by his pen name Fitz-James O’Brien, was a 19th-century Irish-born American writer noted for his pioneering works of science fiction and supernatural fiction.
  • C. John Elder
    John Elder is an author known for co-writing works with New Zealand mountaineer and adventurer Peter Hillary.
  • D. John Elder
    John Elder is the tough, stoic eldest brother and central gunslinger figure portrayed by John Wayne in the 1965 Western film "The Sons of Katie Elder."
  • E. Simon McEachern
    Simon McEachern is a stern, fanatically religious farmer in William Faulkner’s novel "Light in August," known for his harsh and abusive treatment of his adopted son, Joe Christmas.
  • 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_69d87f2dac988190b74d6e185fa88ba4 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e32d7dfd188190b03e9b4151a4d3d8 completed April 18, 2026, 7:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a004f5015a881908447b64b699feb1a completed May 10, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0051491fc88190ab4098f1177d2715 completed May 10, 2026, 9:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0051c61ea0819090d588df72c1041b completed May 10, 2026, 9:37 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:10 a.m.