Triple

T361511
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Second Stage Theater E7863 entity
Predicate notablePlaywrightProduced P12368 FINISHED
Object Terrence McNally
Terrence McNally was an acclaimed American playwright known for his insightful, often darkly comic explorations of human relationships, LGBTQ+ themes, and contemporary social issues in works such as "Love! Valour! Compassion!" and "Master Class."
E47084 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: Terrence McNally | Statement: [Second Stage Theater, notablePlaywrightProduced, Terrence McNally]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Terrence McNally
Context triple: [Second Stage Theater, notablePlaywrightProduced, Terrence McNally]
  • A. Sam Shepard
    Sam Shepard was an American playwright, actor, and director renowned for his innovative, often haunting depictions of the American West and family dysfunction in works like "Buried Child" and "True West."
  • B. Moss Hart
    Moss Hart was a prominent American playwright and director best known for his Broadway collaborations with George S. Kaufman and his influential contributions to mid-20th-century theater and film.
  • C. Edward Albee
    Edward Albee was an influential American playwright best known for his sharp, psychologically intense dramas such as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
  • D. Kenneth Lonergan
    Kenneth Lonergan is an American playwright and filmmaker known for his sharply observed, character-driven works such as the play "This Is Our Youth" and the film "Manchester by the Sea."
  • E. Stephen Adly Guirgis
    Stephen Adly Guirgis is an American playwright and screenwriter known for his gritty, darkly comic dramas exploring urban life, morality, and redemption, including works like "Between Riverside and Crazy" and "Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train."
  • 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: Terrence McNally
Triple: [Second Stage Theater, notablePlaywrightProduced, Terrence McNally]
Generated description
Terrence McNally was an acclaimed American playwright known for his insightful, often darkly comic explorations of human relationships, LGBTQ+ themes, and contemporary social issues in works such as "Love! Valour! Compassion!" and "Master Class."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Terrence McNally
Target entity description: Terrence McNally was an acclaimed American playwright known for his insightful, often darkly comic explorations of human relationships, LGBTQ+ themes, and contemporary social issues in works such as "Love! Valour! Compassion!" and "Master Class."
  • A. Sam Shepard
    Sam Shepard was an American playwright, actor, and director renowned for his innovative, often haunting depictions of the American West and family dysfunction in works like "Buried Child" and "True West."
  • B. Moss Hart
    Moss Hart was a prominent American playwright and director best known for his Broadway collaborations with George S. Kaufman and his influential contributions to mid-20th-century theater and film.
  • C. Edward Albee
    Edward Albee was an influential American playwright best known for his sharp, psychologically intense dramas such as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
  • D. Kenneth Lonergan
    Kenneth Lonergan is an American playwright and filmmaker known for his sharply observed, character-driven works such as the play "This Is Our Youth" and the film "Manchester by the Sea."
  • E. Stephen Adly Guirgis
    Stephen Adly Guirgis is an American playwright and screenwriter known for his gritty, darkly comic dramas exploring urban life, morality, and redemption, including works like "Between Riverside and Crazy" and "Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train."
  • 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_69a2e7e880008190a6ad7e06e5d03007 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ee29ede0819095279af95b53e350 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3f0a43da48190b9888c60cf565f9d completed March 1, 2026, 7:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3f13a36c08190b508037c27435b45 completed March 1, 2026, 7:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3f19823608190a0d0b6b4335d6d0a completed March 1, 2026, 7:58 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.