Triple

T19455234

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	The Thing (1982 film)	`E486717`	entity
Predicate	producer	`P490`	FINISHED
Object	David Foster	`—`	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 Foster | Statement: [The Thing (1982 film), producer, David Foster]

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

Target entity: David Foster
Context triple: [The Thing (1982 film), producer, David Foster]

A. David Foster
David Foster is a Canadian musician and record producer renowned for crafting numerous pop and adult contemporary hits for major artists across several decades.
B. Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones is an American record producer, composer, and arranger renowned for his influential work across jazz, pop, and soul, including landmark collaborations with artists like Michael Jackson and Frank Sinatra.
C. Lee Mendelson
Lee Mendelson was an American television producer best known for producing the Peanuts animated specials, including "A Charlie Brown Christmas."
D. T Bone Burnett
T Bone Burnett is an American musician, songwriter, and acclaimed record producer known for his work on influential albums and film soundtracks such as "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" and "The Big Lebowski."
E. Bill Danoff
Bill Danoff is an American songwriter and singer best known for co-writing hits like "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and "Afternoon Delight."
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 Foster
Target entity description: David Foster is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood movies, including the 1982 science fiction horror classic "The Thing."

A. David Foster
David Foster is a Canadian musician and record producer renowned for crafting numerous pop and adult contemporary hits for major artists across several decades.
B. Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones is an American record producer, composer, and arranger renowned for his influential work across jazz, pop, and soul, including landmark collaborations with artists like Michael Jackson and Frank Sinatra.
C. Lee Mendelson
Lee Mendelson was an American television producer best known for producing the Peanuts animated specials, including "A Charlie Brown Christmas."
D. T Bone Burnett
T Bone Burnett is an American musician, songwriter, and acclaimed record producer known for his work on influential albums and film soundtracks such as "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" and "The Big Lebowski."
E. Bill Danoff
Bill Danoff is an American songwriter and singer best known for co-writing hits like "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and "Afternoon Delight."
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_69d8e8d86d608190bd199a98d0297f27`	completed	April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e633c2b1108190b492ca23487b91f8`	completed	April 20, 2026, 2:10 p.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:38 p.m.