Triple

T440239
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Theatre Guild E10097 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Lawrence Langner
Lawrence Langner was a prominent American theatrical producer, playwright, and patent attorney best known for co-founding the influential Theatre Guild, which helped shape modern American theater.
E167471 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: Lawrence Langner | Statement: [Theatre Guild, foundedBy, Lawrence Langner]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lawrence Langner
Context triple: [Theatre Guild, foundedBy, Lawrence Langner]
  • A. Andrew Heiskell
    Andrew Heiskell was an American publishing executive and philanthropist best known as a longtime leader of Time Inc. and a prominent figure in New York’s cultural and civic life.
  • B. George L. Dahl
    George L. Dahl was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for shaping much of Dallas’s skyline and major civic landmarks.
  • C. Martin J. Hillenbrand
    Martin J. Hillenbrand was an American career diplomat who held several key Cold War-era posts, including serving as U.S. Ambassador to Hungary and later to the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • D. William Lawrence
    William Lawrence was an American public official who served as the U.S. Comptroller of the Treasury, overseeing federal financial accounts and fiscal administration.
  • E. Joseph Buloff
    Joseph Buloff was a Lithuanian-born American actor and director known for his work in Yiddish theater and on Broadway.
  • 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: Lawrence Langner
Triple: [Theatre Guild, foundedBy, Lawrence Langner]
Generated description
Lawrence Langner was a prominent American theatrical producer, playwright, and patent attorney best known for co-founding the influential Theatre Guild, which helped shape modern American theater.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lawrence Langner
Target entity description: Lawrence Langner was a prominent American theatrical producer, playwright, and patent attorney best known for co-founding the influential Theatre Guild, which helped shape modern American theater.
  • A. Andrew Heiskell
    Andrew Heiskell was an American publishing executive and philanthropist best known as a longtime leader of Time Inc. and a prominent figure in New York’s cultural and civic life.
  • B. George L. Dahl
    George L. Dahl was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for shaping much of Dallas’s skyline and major civic landmarks.
  • C. Martin J. Hillenbrand
    Martin J. Hillenbrand was an American career diplomat who held several key Cold War-era posts, including serving as U.S. Ambassador to Hungary and later to the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • D. William Lawrence
    William Lawrence was an American public official who served as the U.S. Comptroller of the Treasury, overseeing federal financial accounts and fiscal administration.
  • E. Joseph Buloff
    Joseph Buloff was a Lithuanian-born American actor and director known for his work in Yiddish theater and on Broadway.
  • 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_69a2e8465ef481909655c681b01e2986 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ef2977888190a0590b2c1bd2f5da completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad0e5413448190bd9112e2b3d83826 completed March 8, 2026, 5:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad0f2b046081908be111f16e2de0fb completed March 8, 2026, 5:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad0fe782548190a437386ee2f4c2d5 completed March 8, 2026, 5:57 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m.