Triple

T2403061
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Life with Lucy E50211 entity
Predicate creator P184 FINISHED
Object Sam Denoff
Sam Denoff was an American television writer and producer best known for his influential work on classic sitcoms such as "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "That Girl."
 E294036 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: Sam Denoff | Statement: [Life with Lucy, creator, Sam Denoff]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sam Denoff
Context triple: [Life with Lucy, creator, Sam Denoff]
  • A. Joseph Markovitch
    Joseph Markovitch was the father of French photographer and painter Dora Maar, a key figure in the Surrealist movement and companion of Pablo Picasso.
  • B. Sam Jaffe
    Sam Jaffe was an American actor and character performer known for memorable roles in classic films such as "Gunga Din," "The Asphalt Jungle," and "Ben-Hur."
  • C. Myron Futterman
    Myron Futterman was an American businessman best known for being the first husband of actress Jane Wyman.
  • D. Walter Schwimmer
    Walter Schwimmer is an Austrian diplomat and politician best known for serving as Secretary General of the Council of Europe from 1999 to 2004.
  • E. Joseph Dubin
    Joseph Dubin was an American film composer and orchestrator best known for his work on numerous Walt Disney animated features in the mid-20th century.
  • 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: Sam Denoff
Triple: [Life with Lucy, creator, Sam Denoff]
Generated description
Sam Denoff was an American television writer and producer best known for his influential work on classic sitcoms such as "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "That Girl."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sam Denoff
Target entity description: Sam Denoff was an American television writer and producer best known for his influential work on classic sitcoms such as "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "That Girl."
  • A. Joseph Markovitch
    Joseph Markovitch was the father of French photographer and painter Dora Maar, a key figure in the Surrealist movement and companion of Pablo Picasso.
  • B. Sam Jaffe
    Sam Jaffe was an American actor and character performer known for memorable roles in classic films such as "Gunga Din," "The Asphalt Jungle," and "Ben-Hur."
  • C. Myron Futterman
    Myron Futterman was an American businessman best known for being the first husband of actress Jane Wyman.
  • D. Walter Schwimmer
    Walter Schwimmer is an Austrian diplomat and politician best known for serving as Secretary General of the Council of Europe from 1999 to 2004.
  • E. Joseph Dubin
    Joseph Dubin was an American film composer and orchestrator best known for his work on numerous Walt Disney animated features in the mid-20th century.
  • 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_69a88b0339a88190a1207333cd271cc9 completed March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc8f8aa2881909192920ee394f0b3 completed March 7, 2026, 6:43 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afbbad005881909797050a2dfc3d38 completed March 10, 2026, 6:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afbc1ea9d88190a95dff358ae6f1b9 completed March 10, 2026, 6:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afbc77c524819083eec069d2ecc88b completed March 10, 2026, 6:38 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:58 p.m.