Triple

T1748414
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Wire E38386 entity
Predicate creator P184 FINISHED
Object David Simon
David Simon is an American journalist, author, and television writer-producer best known for creating the critically acclaimed HBO series "The Wire."
 E195790 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: David Simon | Statement: [The Wire, creator, David Simon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Simon
Context triple: [The Wire, creator, David Simon]
  • A. Michael Mann
    Michael Mann is an American filmmaker renowned for his stylish, atmospheric crime dramas and thrillers such as "Heat," "Collateral," and "Manhunter."
  • B. David Pilger
    David Pilger is an individual notable enough to be recorded as a bearer of the surname Pilger, though no widely recognized public information about him is available.
  • C. Beau Willimon
    Beau Willimon is an American playwright, screenwriter, and producer best known for developing the U.S. version of the political drama series "House of Cards."
  • D. Scott Frank
    Scott Frank is an American screenwriter and director known for his work on acclaimed films such as "Out of Sight," "Minority Report," and the series "The Queen's Gambit."
  • E. Mark Boal
    Mark Boal is an American journalist, screenwriter, and producer best known for his Oscar-winning work on films like "The Hurt Locker" and "Zero Dark Thirty."
  • 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: David Simon
Triple: [The Wire, creator, David Simon]
Generated description
David Simon is an American journalist, author, and television writer-producer best known for creating the critically acclaimed HBO series "The Wire."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Simon
Target entity description: David Simon is an American journalist, author, and television writer-producer best known for creating the critically acclaimed HBO series "The Wire."
  • A. Michael Mann
    Michael Mann is an American filmmaker renowned for his stylish, atmospheric crime dramas and thrillers such as "Heat," "Collateral," and "Manhunter."
  • B. David Pilger
    David Pilger is an individual notable enough to be recorded as a bearer of the surname Pilger, though no widely recognized public information about him is available.
  • C. Beau Willimon
    Beau Willimon is an American playwright, screenwriter, and producer best known for developing the U.S. version of the political drama series "House of Cards."
  • D. Scott Frank
    Scott Frank is an American screenwriter and director known for his work on acclaimed films such as "Out of Sight," "Minority Report," and the series "The Queen's Gambit."
  • E. Mark Boal
    Mark Boal is an American journalist, screenwriter, and producer best known for his Oscar-winning work on films like "The Hurt Locker" and "Zero Dark Thirty."
  • 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_69a8862b01a48190ab47209063af82d9 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa63ee4d2081909dfd6d3244228c56 completed March 6, 2026, 5:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ada0e21e58819082943212bd725581 completed March 8, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ada1a2122481909c7a3470e090af17 completed March 8, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ada23515d08190833ad1a35bb7a265 completed March 8, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.