Triple
T3239594
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Nutty Professor (1996 film) |
E67935
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Tom Shadyac
Tom Shadyac is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter best known for directing hit comedies such as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Liar Liar, and Bruce Almighty.
|
E341032
|
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: Tom Shadyac | Statement: [The Nutty Professor (1996 film), director, Tom Shadyac]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Shadyac Context triple: [The Nutty Professor (1996 film), director, Tom Shadyac]
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A.
Barry Sonnenfeld
Barry Sonnenfeld is an American filmmaker and cinematographer best known for directing the Men in Black trilogy and The Addams Family films.
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B.
David W. Zucker
David W. Zucker is a television producer known for overseeing high-profile, prestige drama series, including the adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s "The Man in the High Castle."
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C.
Mike Judge
Mike Judge is an American animator, writer, director, and producer best known for creating the animated series Beavis and Butt-Head and co-creating shows like King of the Hill and Silicon Valley.
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D.
Rob Reiner
Rob Reiner is an American actor and acclaimed film director known for his role as Michael "Meathead" Stivic on the sitcom "All in the Family" and for directing classics like "This Is Spinal Tap," "Stand by Me," and "When Harry Met Sally."
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E.
Don Bluth
Don Bluth is an American animator and film director known for his influential work on animated features such as "The Secret of NIMH," "An American Tail," and "The Land Before Time."
- 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: Tom Shadyac Triple: [The Nutty Professor (1996 film), director, Tom Shadyac]
Generated description
Tom Shadyac is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter best known for directing hit comedies such as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Liar Liar, and Bruce Almighty.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Shadyac Target entity description: Tom Shadyac is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter best known for directing hit comedies such as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Liar Liar, and Bruce Almighty.
-
A.
Barry Sonnenfeld
Barry Sonnenfeld is an American filmmaker and cinematographer best known for directing the Men in Black trilogy and The Addams Family films.
-
B.
David W. Zucker
David W. Zucker is a television producer known for overseeing high-profile, prestige drama series, including the adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s "The Man in the High Castle."
-
C.
Mike Judge
Mike Judge is an American animator, writer, director, and producer best known for creating the animated series Beavis and Butt-Head and co-creating shows like King of the Hill and Silicon Valley.
-
D.
Rob Reiner
Rob Reiner is an American actor and acclaimed film director known for his role as Michael "Meathead" Stivic on the sitcom "All in the Family" and for directing classics like "This Is Spinal Tap," "Stand by Me," and "When Harry Met Sally."
-
E.
Don Bluth
Don Bluth is an American animator and film director known for his influential work on animated features such as "The Secret of NIMH," "An American Tail," and "The Land Before Time."
- 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_69ad858d27348190abb61c280b4c86a9 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adaef4c0bc819095e4f84296fe7cb6 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b2774f93448190b8493b457636ae48 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:20 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b2786b7d388190ad0d97bd41a60543 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:25 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b27c45f6b08190966fbc3fd28664ec |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:41 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:08 p.m.