Triple

T4209979
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kerr E93876 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Walter Kerr
Walter Kerr was an influential American theater critic and director known for his work with The New York Times and his impact on mid-20th-century Broadway.
E421886 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: Walter Kerr | Statement: [Kerr, hasNotableBearer, Walter Kerr]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Kerr
Context triple: [Kerr, hasNotableBearer, Walter Kerr]
  • A. Brooks Atkinson
    Brooks Atkinson was a prominent American theater critic for The New York Times, renowned for his influential reviews and support of modern drama in the mid-20th century.
  • B. John Lahr
    John Lahr is an American theater critic and biographer best known for his long tenure at The New Yorker and his acclaimed biographies of major stage figures.
  • C. Robert Brustein
    Robert Brustein was an influential American theater critic, producer, and educator, best known for his leadership in shaping modern regional theater and his long association with major academic institutions.
  • D. Erwin Gelsey
    Erwin Gelsey was an American screenwriter best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including contributing the story for the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musical "Swing Time."
  • E. Thomas McCarter
    Thomas McCarter was an American businessman and utility executive best known as the founder of the energy company Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG).
  • 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: Walter Kerr
Triple: [Kerr, hasNotableBearer, Walter Kerr]
Generated description
Walter Kerr was an influential American theater critic and director known for his work with The New York Times and his impact on mid-20th-century Broadway.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Kerr
Target entity description: Walter Kerr was an influential American theater critic and director known for his work with The New York Times and his impact on mid-20th-century Broadway.
  • A. Brooks Atkinson
    Brooks Atkinson was a prominent American theater critic for The New York Times, renowned for his influential reviews and support of modern drama in the mid-20th century.
  • B. John Lahr
    John Lahr is an American theater critic and biographer best known for his long tenure at The New Yorker and his acclaimed biographies of major stage figures.
  • C. Robert Brustein
    Robert Brustein was an influential American theater critic, producer, and educator, best known for his leadership in shaping modern regional theater and his long association with major academic institutions.
  • D. Erwin Gelsey
    Erwin Gelsey was an American screenwriter best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including contributing the story for the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musical "Swing Time."
  • E. Thomas McCarter
    Thomas McCarter was an American businessman and utility executive best known as the founder of the energy company Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG).
  • 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_69b3451743608190808f41d17ccf2650 completed March 12, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b34810de648190b09c5e705cf0a74e completed March 12, 2026, 11:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5962ec4f8819085bef81ce71aa132 completed March 14, 2026, 5:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b596eb6c288190a63c61d5e71c609b completed March 14, 2026, 5:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b59788ef308190a34c2f23f22a7e4d completed March 14, 2026, 5:14 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:03 p.m.