Triple

T3692099
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nine (2009 film) E78365 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Michael Tolkin
Michael Tolkin is an American screenwriter, director, and novelist best known for works such as "The Player" and his contributions to critically acclaimed film and television projects.
 E380832 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: Michael Tolkin | Statement: [Nine (2009 film), screenwriter, Michael Tolkin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael Tolkin
Context triple: [Nine (2009 film), screenwriter, Michael Tolkin]
  • A. Stewart Stern
    Stewart Stern was an American screenwriter best known for writing the screenplay for the iconic 1955 film "Rebel Without a Cause."
  • B. David Fleishman
    David Fleishman is an American educational administrator known for leading the Newton Public Schools district in Massachusetts.
  • C. Allen Shapiro
    Allen Shapiro is an American entertainment executive and film producer known for his work on projects such as the Western film "The Quick and the Dead."
  • D. Edward Kaufman
    Edward Kaufman was an American screenwriter best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including the 1934 musical comedy "The Gay Divorcee."
  • E. Morleigh Steinberg
    Morleigh Steinberg is an American modern dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker known for her work with the dance company MOMIX and her long-term creative and personal partnership with U2 guitarist The Edge.
  • 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: Michael Tolkin
Triple: [Nine (2009 film), screenwriter, Michael Tolkin]
Generated description
Michael Tolkin is an American screenwriter, director, and novelist best known for works such as "The Player" and his contributions to critically acclaimed film and television projects.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael Tolkin
Target entity description: Michael Tolkin is an American screenwriter, director, and novelist best known for works such as "The Player" and his contributions to critically acclaimed film and television projects.
  • A. Stewart Stern
    Stewart Stern was an American screenwriter best known for writing the screenplay for the iconic 1955 film "Rebel Without a Cause."
  • B. David Fleishman
    David Fleishman is an American educational administrator known for leading the Newton Public Schools district in Massachusetts.
  • C. Allen Shapiro
    Allen Shapiro is an American entertainment executive and film producer known for his work on projects such as the Western film "The Quick and the Dead."
  • D. Edward Kaufman
    Edward Kaufman was an American screenwriter best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including the 1934 musical comedy "The Gay Divorcee."
  • E. Morleigh Steinberg
    Morleigh Steinberg is an American modern dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker known for her work with the dance company MOMIX and her long-term creative and personal partnership with U2 guitarist The Edge.
  • 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_69ad85e285a081908f8cbfa9e2ed9b75 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc4e783a88190b2837a68b8723a25 completed March 8, 2026, 6:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4c3cd64c4819098f9f93a8d2efdf7 completed March 14, 2026, 2:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4c5e9ce5481909465e77cb3590f88 completed March 14, 2026, 2:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4c644efe0819098d982c6a06cd9b4 completed March 14, 2026, 2:21 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:26 p.m.