Triple

T17595514

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	The Catcher Was a Spy	`E428559`	entity
Predicate	director	`P255`	FINISHED
Object	Ben Lewin	`—`	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: Ben Lewin | Statement: [The Catcher Was a Spy, director, Ben Lewin]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ben Lewin
Context triple: [The Catcher Was a Spy, director, Ben Lewin]

A. David Leech
David Leech was an early settler and prominent local figure after whom the borough of Leechburg, Pennsylvania, was named.
B. Jeff Larentowicz
Jeff Larentowicz is an American former professional soccer midfielder and defender known for his long, successful MLS career and multiple MLS Cup titles with clubs including the New England Revolution, Colorado Rapids, and Atlanta United.
C. Joel Kurtzman
Joel Kurtzman was an American economist, author, and editor known for his work on globalization, economic policy, and business strategy, including serving as editor-in-chief of the Harvard Business Review.
D. Ben Pape
Ben Pape was a Chicago police officer who served as a named defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court civil rights case Monroe v. Pape (1961).
E. Matt Weitzman
Matt Weitzman is an American television writer and producer best known as a co-creator and executive producer of the animated series "American Dad!"
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: Ben Lewin
Target entity description: Ben Lewin is an Australian film and television director, screenwriter, and producer known for character-driven dramas such as "The Sessions" and other acclaimed independent films.

A. David Leech
David Leech was an early settler and prominent local figure after whom the borough of Leechburg, Pennsylvania, was named.
B. Jeff Larentowicz
Jeff Larentowicz is an American former professional soccer midfielder and defender known for his long, successful MLS career and multiple MLS Cup titles with clubs including the New England Revolution, Colorado Rapids, and Atlanta United.
C. Joel Kurtzman
Joel Kurtzman was an American economist, author, and editor known for his work on globalization, economic policy, and business strategy, including serving as editor-in-chief of the Harvard Business Review.
D. Ben Pape
Ben Pape was a Chicago police officer who served as a named defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court civil rights case Monroe v. Pape (1961).
E. Matt Weitzman
Matt Weitzman is an American television writer and producer best known as a co-creator and executive producer of the animated series "American Dad!"
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_69d889e1030481909950e140c63255b9`	completed	April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e469ead59c8190a06519311891af3c`	completed	April 19, 2026, 5:36 a.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:51 a.m.