Triple

T3022848
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Spiral Staircase E82504 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Mel Dinelli
Mel Dinelli was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his work in film noir and suspense films during the mid-20th century.
E376217 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: Mel Dinelli | Statement: [The Spiral Staircase, screenwriter, Mel Dinelli]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mel Dinelli
Context triple: [The Spiral Staircase, screenwriter, Mel Dinelli]
  • A. David Della Rocco
    David Della Rocco is an American actor best known for his cult-favorite role as the eccentric sidekick in the film "The Boondock Saints."
  • B. Lee Pardini
    Lee Pardini is an American keyboardist and composer best known as the longtime keyboard player for the folk-rock band Dawes and for his work as a versatile session musician.
  • C. Calvin Schiraldi
    Calvin Schiraldi is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher best remembered for his role with the Boston Red Sox during the mid-1980s, particularly in the dramatic conclusion of the 1986 postseason.
  • D. Andrew DeLuca
    Andrew DeLuca is a fictional surgical resident and later attending surgeon on the television series Grey’s Anatomy, known for his complex personal struggles and romantic relationships with key characters.
  • E. Ken Daurio
    Ken Daurio is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing popular animated films such as Despicable Me, The Lorax, and The Secret Life of Pets.
  • 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: Mel Dinelli
Triple: [The Spiral Staircase, screenwriter, Mel Dinelli]
Generated description
Mel Dinelli was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his work in film noir and suspense films during the mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mel Dinelli
Target entity description: Mel Dinelli was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his work in film noir and suspense films during the mid-20th century.
  • A. David Della Rocco
    David Della Rocco is an American actor best known for his cult-favorite role as the eccentric sidekick in the film "The Boondock Saints."
  • B. Lee Pardini
    Lee Pardini is an American keyboardist and composer best known as the longtime keyboard player for the folk-rock band Dawes and for his work as a versatile session musician.
  • C. Calvin Schiraldi
    Calvin Schiraldi is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher best remembered for his role with the Boston Red Sox during the mid-1980s, particularly in the dramatic conclusion of the 1986 postseason.
  • D. Andrew DeLuca
    Andrew DeLuca is a fictional surgical resident and later attending surgeon on the television series Grey’s Anatomy, known for his complex personal struggles and romantic relationships with key characters.
  • E. Ken Daurio
    Ken Daurio is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing popular animated films such as Despicable Me, The Lorax, and The Secret Life of Pets.
  • 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_69ad8b1fb34081908c1b873e2b7273e1 completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad9a963034819093d96566e9b0cea9 completed March 8, 2026, 3:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b44ec8df7081908dccdb36b7d1ca53 completed March 13, 2026, 5:52 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b453c225b481908cc06090bcd0ed64 completed March 13, 2026, 6:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b45f6aefd081909dfd1740f233dbf3 completed March 13, 2026, 7:03 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3 p.m.