Triple

T1801096
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Trouble in Store E39719 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Ted Willis
Ted Willis was a prominent British screenwriter and playwright known for his prolific work in film and television during the mid-20th century.
 E214083 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: Ted Willis | Statement: [Trouble in Store, screenwriter, Ted Willis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ted Willis
Context triple: [Trouble in Store, screenwriter, Ted Willis]
  • A. John Willis
    John Willis was a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command.
  • B. Fred Williamson
    Fred Williamson is an American actor and former professional football player best known for his roles in 1970s blaxploitation films and numerous action and genre movies.
  • C. Tom Willis
    Tom Willis is a prominent character on the sitcom "The Jeffersons," known as George and Louise Jefferson’s white neighbor in an interracial marriage that often highlights social and racial tensions with humor.
  • D. Curt Menefee
    Curt Menefee is an American sportscaster best known as the longtime studio host of Fox's NFL coverage.
  • E. Fred Ward
    Fred Ward was an American character actor known for his rugged, everyman roles in films such as "Tremors," "The Right Stuff," and "Short Cuts."
  • 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: Ted Willis
Triple: [Trouble in Store, screenwriter, Ted Willis]
Generated description
Ted Willis was a prominent British screenwriter and playwright known for his prolific work in film and television during the mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ted Willis
Target entity description: Ted Willis was a prominent British screenwriter and playwright known for his prolific work in film and television during the mid-20th century.
  • A. John Willis
    John Willis was a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command.
  • B. Fred Williamson
    Fred Williamson is an American actor and former professional football player best known for his roles in 1970s blaxploitation films and numerous action and genre movies.
  • C. Tom Willis
    Tom Willis is a prominent character on the sitcom "The Jeffersons," known as George and Louise Jefferson’s white neighbor in an interracial marriage that often highlights social and racial tensions with humor.
  • D. Curt Menefee
    Curt Menefee is an American sportscaster best known as the longtime studio host of Fox's NFL coverage.
  • E. Fred Ward
    Fred Ward was an American character actor known for his rugged, everyman roles in films such as "Tremors," "The Right Stuff," and "Short Cuts."
  • 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_69a88632aa588190ba3978fde0db5bbd completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa656ad5d4819090e677ad137b0cd1 completed March 6, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adead0fb988190b403f5c62cbe991a completed March 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adeb503ec88190b8d0cb17bbb8f520 completed March 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adef13e030819086e9e8862198d859 completed March 8, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.