Triple

T2007561
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Swing Time E43619 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Howard Lindsay
Howard Lindsay was an American playwright, librettist, and actor best known for his prolific Broadway collaborations, including co-writing the book for the musical "The Sound of Music."
E224399 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: Howard Lindsay | Statement: [Swing Time, screenwriter, Howard Lindsay]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Lindsay
Context triple: [Swing Time, screenwriter, Howard Lindsay]
  • A. Albert Hackett
    Albert Hackett was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for co-writing classic films such as "The Thin Man" and "It's a Wonderful Life," often in collaboration with his wife Frances Goodrich.
  • B. Rex Matheson
    Rex Matheson is a CIA agent and central protagonist introduced in the science fiction television series "Torchwood: Miracle Day."
  • C. Harry Warren
    Harry Warren was a prolific American composer best known for his popular film and Broadway songs, including numerous Hollywood standards from the 1930s and 1940s.
  • D. Byron Haskin
    Byron Haskin was an American cinematographer and film director best known for his pioneering special effects work and for directing the 1953 science fiction classic "The War of the Worlds."
  • E. Clarence Wilson
    Clarence Wilson was an American character actor of the early 20th century, known for his frequent portrayals of stern or officious authority figures in numerous Hollywood films.
  • 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: Howard Lindsay
Triple: [Swing Time, screenwriter, Howard Lindsay]
Generated description
Howard Lindsay was an American playwright, librettist, and actor best known for his prolific Broadway collaborations, including co-writing the book for the musical "The Sound of Music."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Lindsay
Target entity description: Howard Lindsay was an American playwright, librettist, and actor best known for his prolific Broadway collaborations, including co-writing the book for the musical "The Sound of Music."
  • A. Albert Hackett
    Albert Hackett was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for co-writing classic films such as "The Thin Man" and "It's a Wonderful Life," often in collaboration with his wife Frances Goodrich.
  • B. Rex Matheson
    Rex Matheson is a CIA agent and central protagonist introduced in the science fiction television series "Torchwood: Miracle Day."
  • C. Harry Warren
    Harry Warren was a prolific American composer best known for his popular film and Broadway songs, including numerous Hollywood standards from the 1930s and 1940s.
  • D. Byron Haskin
    Byron Haskin was an American cinematographer and film director best known for his pioneering special effects work and for directing the 1953 science fiction classic "The War of the Worlds."
  • E. Clarence Wilson
    Clarence Wilson was an American character actor of the early 20th century, known for his frequent portrayals of stern or officious authority figures in numerous Hollywood films.
  • 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_69a88716e9f08190946313fdc949e3cf completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb89aca908190b8b659af65afdf6f completed March 7, 2026, 5:33 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae0ae12d708190bcfe91e3ab53f04e completed March 8, 2026, 11:48 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae0b63b85c819096fc8ad12ace4d22 completed March 8, 2026, 11:50 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae0bc55fcc8190bf117ef1328b8a76 completed March 8, 2026, 11:52 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.