Triple

T3341791
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tropic Thunder E70275 entity
Predicate writer P1360 FINISHED
Object Etan Cohen
Etan Cohen is an American screenwriter and director best known for co-writing hit comedy films such as Tropic Thunder and Men in Black 3.
 E375098 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: Etan Cohen | Statement: [Tropic Thunder, writer, Etan Cohen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Etan Cohen
Context triple: [Tropic Thunder, writer, Etan Cohen]
  • A. Jake Cohen
    Jake Cohen is known primarily as the son of Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney to Donald Trump.
  • B. Rob Cohen
    Rob Cohen is an American film director and producer best known for helming high-profile action and adventure movies such as "The Fast and the Furious" and "xXx."
  • C. Joel Cohen
    Joel Cohen is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the screenplay of Pixar's landmark animated film "Toy Story."
  • D. Eli Segal
    Eli Segal was an American political strategist and nonprofit leader known for his senior roles in Democratic campaigns and for helping launch major national service initiatives like AmeriCorps.
  • E. Benjamin Ettenberg
    Benjamin Ettenberg is a charming, intellectually sharp doctor who becomes a significant romantic interest for Midge in the television series "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel."
  • 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: Etan Cohen
Triple: [Tropic Thunder, writer, Etan Cohen]
Generated description
Etan Cohen is an American screenwriter and director best known for co-writing hit comedy films such as Tropic Thunder and Men in Black 3.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Etan Cohen
Target entity description: Etan Cohen is an American screenwriter and director best known for co-writing hit comedy films such as Tropic Thunder and Men in Black 3.
  • A. Jake Cohen
    Jake Cohen is known primarily as the son of Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney to Donald Trump.
  • B. Rob Cohen
    Rob Cohen is an American film director and producer best known for helming high-profile action and adventure movies such as "The Fast and the Furious" and "xXx."
  • C. Joel Cohen
    Joel Cohen is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the screenplay of Pixar's landmark animated film "Toy Story."
  • D. Eli Segal
    Eli Segal was an American political strategist and nonprofit leader known for his senior roles in Democratic campaigns and for helping launch major national service initiatives like AmeriCorps.
  • E. Benjamin Ettenberg
    Benjamin Ettenberg is a charming, intellectually sharp doctor who becomes a significant romantic interest for Midge in the television series "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel."
  • 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_69ad85a405e48190b6e68de7cf9f319e completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb1ee711481909c0d921f1b5b8562 completed March 8, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b44edc21e08190ae32f7470e369c3c completed March 13, 2026, 5:52 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b450e472688190b70812b29f229bbd completed March 13, 2026, 6:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b45152b4008190a1de6d48a1a86cc9 completed March 13, 2026, 6:02 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:12 p.m.