Triple

T4505393
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Boardwalk Empire E101319 entity
Predicate executiveProducer P7225 FINISHED
Object Tim Van Patten
Tim Van Patten is an American television director, producer, and former actor known for his work on acclaimed series such as The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire, and Game of Thrones.
 E447673 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: Tim Van Patten | Statement: [Boardwalk Empire, executiveProducer, Tim Van Patten]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tim Van Patten
Context triple: [Boardwalk Empire, executiveProducer, Tim Van Patten]
  • A. Phil Joanou
    Phil Joanou is an American film and music video director best known for his collaborations with U2 and for directing feature films such as "State of Grace."
  • B. John Hyams
    John Hyams is an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter known for his work in action and horror, including the series "Black Summer" and entries in the "Universal Soldier" franchise.
  • C. Russell Carpenter
    Russell Carpenter is an Academy Award–winning American cinematographer best known for his work on major films such as Titanic and other high-profile Hollywood productions.
  • D. Jon Amiel
    Jon Amiel is a British film and television director known for works such as "The Singing Detective," "Copycat," and "Entrapment."
  • E. Paul Hirsch
    Paul Hirsch is an American film editor renowned for his work on major Hollywood films, including the original Star Wars.
  • 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: Tim Van Patten
Triple: [Boardwalk Empire, executiveProducer, Tim Van Patten]
Generated description
Tim Van Patten is an American television director, producer, and former actor known for his work on acclaimed series such as The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire, and Game of Thrones.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tim Van Patten
Target entity description: Tim Van Patten is an American television director, producer, and former actor known for his work on acclaimed series such as The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire, and Game of Thrones.
  • A. Phil Joanou
    Phil Joanou is an American film and music video director best known for his collaborations with U2 and for directing feature films such as "State of Grace."
  • B. John Hyams
    John Hyams is an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter known for his work in action and horror, including the series "Black Summer" and entries in the "Universal Soldier" franchise.
  • C. Russell Carpenter
    Russell Carpenter is an Academy Award–winning American cinematographer best known for his work on major films such as Titanic and other high-profile Hollywood productions.
  • D. Jon Amiel
    Jon Amiel is a British film and television director known for works such as "The Singing Detective," "Copycat," and "Entrapment."
  • E. Paul Hirsch
    Paul Hirsch is an American film editor renowned for his work on major Hollywood films, including the original Star Wars.
  • 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_69bd43d175248190894dc58b5b395c26 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd56fe17608190ae5dc27052b7c337 completed March 20, 2026, 2:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bd6f9961ac8190954b2d352d2319fb completed March 20, 2026, 4:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bd705e0e848190a73e7ddb569f0e37 completed March 20, 2026, 4:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bd71b41664819091bd4f75d4634943 completed March 20, 2026, 4:11 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:01 p.m.