Triple

T4245716
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Searchers E95523 entity
Predicate authorOfSourceWork P2353 FINISHED
Object Alan Le May
Alan Le May was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for writing the Western novel that inspired the classic film "The Searchers."
 E426741 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: Alan Le May | Statement: [The Searchers, authorOfSourceWork, Alan Le May]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alan Le May
Context triple: [The Searchers, authorOfSourceWork, Alan Le May]
  • A. Alvin Kersh
    Alvin Kersh is a high-ranking FBI official in the television series "The X-Files," known for his often adversarial oversight of agents Mulder and Scully.
  • B. Roger K. Furse
    Roger K. Furse was a British costume and production designer renowned for his work on classic films, including being among the earliest recipients of the Academy Award for Best Costume Design.
  • C. Roger E. Broggie
    Roger E. Broggie is a steam locomotive at Walt Disney World Railroad named in honor of Disney Imagineer and master machinist Roger E. Broggie, who was instrumental in developing Disney’s early railroad and ride systems.
  • D. Fred M. Wilcox
    Fred M. Wilcox was an American film director best known for the science fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and the family film "Lassie Come Home."
  • E. Hal C. Kern
    Hal C. Kern was an American film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on classic Hollywood films, including "Gone with the Wind."
  • 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: Alan Le May
Triple: [The Searchers, authorOfSourceWork, Alan Le May]
Generated description
Alan Le May was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for writing the Western novel that inspired the classic film "The Searchers."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alan Le May
Target entity description: Alan Le May was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for writing the Western novel that inspired the classic film "The Searchers."
  • A. Alvin Kersh
    Alvin Kersh is a high-ranking FBI official in the television series "The X-Files," known for his often adversarial oversight of agents Mulder and Scully.
  • B. Roger K. Furse
    Roger K. Furse was a British costume and production designer renowned for his work on classic films, including being among the earliest recipients of the Academy Award for Best Costume Design.
  • C. Roger E. Broggie
    Roger E. Broggie is a steam locomotive at Walt Disney World Railroad named in honor of Disney Imagineer and master machinist Roger E. Broggie, who was instrumental in developing Disney’s early railroad and ride systems.
  • D. Fred M. Wilcox
    Fred M. Wilcox was an American film director best known for the science fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and the family film "Lassie Come Home."
  • E. Hal C. Kern
    Hal C. Kern was an American film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on classic Hollywood films, including "Gone with the Wind."
  • 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_69b3453d91548190b4d4ef8fe52aa2ac completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b34e8db5bc8190873c5ae3753aaa58 completed March 12, 2026, 11:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5b77ce4d48190ba24e3ef8c9ceb8d completed March 14, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5bb7b11e08190abe931711bc7811d completed March 14, 2026, 7:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5bbda0cec819092b4f6dd0c8257c3 completed March 14, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:05 p.m.