Triple

T17576535
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Straw Dogs E428083 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object David Zelag Goodman — NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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 Zelag Goodman | Statement: [Straw Dogs, screenwriter, David Zelag Goodman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Zelag Goodman
Context triple: [Straw Dogs, screenwriter, David Zelag Goodman]
  • A. David A. Goodman
    David A. Goodman is an American television writer and producer best known for his work on animated series such as Family Guy and for serving as president of the Writers Guild of America West.
  • B. Dan Goodman
    Dan Goodman is a central character in the rock musical "Next to Normal," portrayed as a devoted husband and father struggling to hold his family together amid his wife's severe mental illness.
  • C. Steven Roth
    Steven Roth is an American real estate billionaire and chairman of Vornado Realty Trust, known for his major influence on New York City’s commercial property landscape.
  • D. David S. Kaufman
    David S. Kaufman was a 19th-century Texas politician and statesman who served as a U.S. Congressman and played a significant role in the early political development of Texas.
  • E. Saul A. Goodkind
    Saul A. Goodkind was a film director active during the early 20th century, known for his work on science fiction and serial films.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Zelag Goodman
Target entity description: David Zelag Goodman was an American screenwriter best known for his work on provocative and psychologically intense films in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • A. David A. Goodman
    David A. Goodman is an American television writer and producer best known for his work on animated series such as Family Guy and for serving as president of the Writers Guild of America West.
  • B. Dan Goodman
    Dan Goodman is a central character in the rock musical "Next to Normal," portrayed as a devoted husband and father struggling to hold his family together amid his wife's severe mental illness.
  • C. Steven Roth
    Steven Roth is an American real estate billionaire and chairman of Vornado Realty Trust, known for his major influence on New York City’s commercial property landscape.
  • D. David S. Kaufman
    David S. Kaufman was a 19th-century Texas politician and statesman who served as a U.S. Congressman and played a significant role in the early political development of Texas.
  • E. Saul A. Goodkind
    Saul A. Goodkind was a film director active during the early 20th century, known for his work on science fiction and serial films.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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_69d889e0385081908a04b66f4dd4bd0d completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e463ca76848190a7beb6deb4b0f1a4 completed April 19, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:50 a.m.