Triple

T2124440
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Monsters, Inc. E46395 entity
Predicate coDirector P17194 FINISHED
Object David Silverman
David Silverman is an American animator and film director best known for his work on The Simpsons and for directing and co-directing major animated features at Pixar.
 E236484 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: David Silverman | Statement: [Monsters, Inc., coDirector, David Silverman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Silverman
Context triple: [Monsters, Inc., coDirector, David Silverman]
  • A. David Gottfried
    David Gottfried is an environmentalist and entrepreneur best known for pioneering the global green building movement and co-founding the U.S. Green Building Council.
  • B. Michael Daves
    Michael Daves is an American bluegrass and roots musician known for his high-energy vocal style and collaborations with prominent artists such as mandolinist Chris Thile.
  • C. Michael Klingensmith
    Michael Klingensmith is an American media executive best known for helping launch and lead major magazine brands, including playing a key role in the creation of Entertainment Weekly.
  • D. Jack Briggs
    Jack Briggs was an American actor best known for his marriage to Hollywood star Ginger Rogers.
  • E. Dan Dierdorf
    Dan Dierdorf is a Hall of Fame American football offensive lineman and longtime broadcaster best known for his standout career with the NFL’s St. Louis Cardinals.
  • 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: David Silverman
Triple: [Monsters, Inc., coDirector, David Silverman]
Generated description
David Silverman is an American animator and film director best known for his work on The Simpsons and for directing and co-directing major animated features at Pixar.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Silverman
Target entity description: David Silverman is an American animator and film director best known for his work on The Simpsons and for directing and co-directing major animated features at Pixar.
  • A. David Gottfried
    David Gottfried is an environmentalist and entrepreneur best known for pioneering the global green building movement and co-founding the U.S. Green Building Council.
  • B. Michael Daves
    Michael Daves is an American bluegrass and roots musician known for his high-energy vocal style and collaborations with prominent artists such as mandolinist Chris Thile.
  • C. Michael Klingensmith
    Michael Klingensmith is an American media executive best known for helping launch and lead major magazine brands, including playing a key role in the creation of Entertainment Weekly.
  • D. Jack Briggs
    Jack Briggs was an American actor best known for his marriage to Hollywood star Ginger Rogers.
  • E. Dan Dierdorf
    Dan Dierdorf is a Hall of Fame American football offensive lineman and longtime broadcaster best known for his standout career with the NFL’s St. Louis Cardinals.
  • 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_69a88a1626548190ae59a5028c3baa8e completed March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbb55cb2c8190aab8199da3335032 completed March 7, 2026, 5:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae519bfdb08190a7b715fbc5fd3f41 completed March 9, 2026, 4:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae521c7810819086b88bb5f062597e completed March 9, 2026, 4:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae52e79c788190bbe6eb5baba08a71 completed March 9, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:44 p.m.