Triple

T3621851
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Annie E76744 entity
Predicate bookBy P2353 FINISHED
Object Thomas Meehan
Thomas Meehan was an American playwright and librettist best known for writing the books for hit Broadway musicals such as Annie, The Producers, and Hairspray.
 E459965 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: Thomas Meehan | Statement: [Annie, bookBy, Thomas Meehan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Meehan
Context triple: [Annie, bookBy, Thomas Meehan]
  • A. John Meehan
    John Meehan is the real-life conman and serial predator whose story inspired the podcast and TV series "Dirty John," in which he is portrayed by Eric Bana.
  • B. Edward McDonnell
    Edward McDonnell is a film producer known for his work on movies such as the psychological thriller "Insomnia" (2002).
  • C. Brian Moynihan
    Brian Moynihan is an American lawyer and businessman who serves as the longtime chairman and chief executive officer of Bank of America.
  • D. Tom Callaghan
    Tom Callaghan is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically cited as a prominent bearer of the surname Callaghan.
  • E. Patrick J. Hartnett
    Patrick J. Hartnett is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Hartnett, though specific widely known public details about him are not readily available.
  • 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: Thomas Meehan
Triple: [Annie, bookBy, Thomas Meehan]
Generated description
Thomas Meehan was an American playwright and librettist best known for writing the books for hit Broadway musicals such as Annie, The Producers, and Hairspray.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Meehan
Target entity description: Thomas Meehan was an American playwright and librettist best known for writing the books for hit Broadway musicals such as Annie, The Producers, and Hairspray.
  • A. John Meehan
    John Meehan is the real-life conman and serial predator whose story inspired the podcast and TV series "Dirty John," in which he is portrayed by Eric Bana.
  • B. Edward McDonnell
    Edward McDonnell is a film producer known for his work on movies such as the psychological thriller "Insomnia" (2002).
  • C. Brian Moynihan
    Brian Moynihan is an American lawyer and businessman who serves as the longtime chairman and chief executive officer of Bank of America.
  • D. Tom Callaghan
    Tom Callaghan is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically cited as a prominent bearer of the surname Callaghan.
  • E. Patrick J. Hartnett
    Patrick J. Hartnett is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Hartnett, though specific widely known public details about him are not readily available.
  • 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_69adc2bb12cc8190bd67597cf3b66a3a completed March 8, 2026, 6:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be031d16a08190b84524b7153f7f85 completed March 21, 2026, 2:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be040a8b248190b31ac61e5b2eb1ac completed March 21, 2026, 2:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be04c76d908190becee3d88aa0e1a0 completed March 21, 2026, 2:39 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:23 p.m.