Triple
T3621478
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Semi-Pro |
E76736
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entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Kent Alterman
Kent Alterman is an American film and television executive and director best known for his work in comedy, including directing the basketball satire "Semi-Pro" and leading programming at Comedy Central.
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E401020
|
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: Kent Alterman | Statement: [Semi-Pro, director, Kent Alterman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kent Alterman Context triple: [Semi-Pro, director, Kent Alterman]
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A.
James Altman
James Altman is the son of American lawyer and video game executive Robert A. Altman.
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B.
Alan Rothenberg
Alan Rothenberg is an American sports executive and attorney best known for his leadership roles in U.S. soccer, including helping bring and organize the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States.
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C.
Don Katz
Don Katz is an American entrepreneur and author best known as the founder of the audiobook and spoken-word entertainment company Audible.
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D.
Dan Lebental
Dan Lebental is an American film editor best known for his long-time collaboration with director Jon Favreau on major studio films such as the Iron Man series.
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E.
Michael Gelman
Michael Gelman is a longtime American television producer best known for his work shaping and overseeing the daytime talk show "Live!" through its various host pairings.
- 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: Kent Alterman Triple: [Semi-Pro, director, Kent Alterman]
Generated description
Kent Alterman is an American film and television executive and director best known for his work in comedy, including directing the basketball satire "Semi-Pro" and leading programming at Comedy Central.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kent Alterman Target entity description: Kent Alterman is an American film and television executive and director best known for his work in comedy, including directing the basketball satire "Semi-Pro" and leading programming at Comedy Central.
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A.
James Altman
James Altman is the son of American lawyer and video game executive Robert A. Altman.
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B.
Alan Rothenberg
Alan Rothenberg is an American sports executive and attorney best known for his leadership roles in U.S. soccer, including helping bring and organize the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States.
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C.
Don Katz
Don Katz is an American entrepreneur and author best known as the founder of the audiobook and spoken-word entertainment company Audible.
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D.
Dan Lebental
Dan Lebental is an American film editor best known for his long-time collaboration with director Jon Favreau on major studio films such as the Iron Man series.
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E.
Michael Gelman
Michael Gelman is a longtime American television producer best known for his work shaping and overseeing the daytime talk show "Live!" through its various host pairings.
- 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_69ad85dae2fc81908d1ceadbc6af0089 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc2b9aa608190a680b250ecf63156 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5336401bc81908f305cb91c53f934 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b534343a4081909495add7f524cbd2 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:11 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b534931f188190a9428f1b81e524a4 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:12 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:23 p.m.