Triple
T4577419
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Sugarland Express |
E123171
|
entity |
| Predicate | screenwriter |
P2831
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
B. W. L. Norton
B. W. L. Norton was an American screenwriter and filmmaker best known for his work on the early Steven Spielberg film "The Sugarland Express."
|
E453505
|
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: B. W. L. Norton | Statement: [The Sugarland Express, screenwriter, B. W. L. Norton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: B. W. L. Norton Context triple: [The Sugarland Express, screenwriter, B. W. L. Norton]
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A.
S. P. Norton
S. P. Norton is a mathematician known for his contributions to the theory and construction of the Monster group and related areas in group theory.
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B.
D. B. Norton
D. B. Norton is the wealthy, manipulative newspaper magnate and political power broker who serves as the main antagonist in the 1941 film "Meet John Doe."
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C.
Horace Howard Furness
Horace Howard Furness was a prominent 19th-century American Shakespearean scholar and editor, best known for his variorum editions of Shakespeare's plays.
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D.
Burnett Guffey
Burnett Guffey was an American cinematographer renowned for his Oscar-winning work on classic films, including the influential crime drama "Bonnie and Clyde."
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E.
S. G. Goodrich
S. G. Goodrich was a 19th-century American author, editor, and publisher best known for his popular educational works under the pseudonym "Peter Parley."
- 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: B. W. L. Norton Triple: [The Sugarland Express, screenwriter, B. W. L. Norton]
Generated description
B. W. L. Norton was an American screenwriter and filmmaker best known for his work on the early Steven Spielberg film "The Sugarland Express."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: B. W. L. Norton Target entity description: B. W. L. Norton was an American screenwriter and filmmaker best known for his work on the early Steven Spielberg film "The Sugarland Express."
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A.
S. P. Norton
S. P. Norton is a mathematician known for his contributions to the theory and construction of the Monster group and related areas in group theory.
-
B.
D. B. Norton
D. B. Norton is the wealthy, manipulative newspaper magnate and political power broker who serves as the main antagonist in the 1941 film "Meet John Doe."
-
C.
Horace Howard Furness
Horace Howard Furness was a prominent 19th-century American Shakespearean scholar and editor, best known for his variorum editions of Shakespeare's plays.
-
D.
Burnett Guffey
Burnett Guffey was an American cinematographer renowned for his Oscar-winning work on classic films, including the influential crime drama "Bonnie and Clyde."
-
E.
S. G. Goodrich
S. G. Goodrich was a 19th-century American author, editor, and publisher best known for his popular educational works under the pseudonym "Peter Parley."
- 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_69bd46466c7081909d07f36be2d08804 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd58e153908190ac8f578e03aecdfc |
completed | March 20, 2026, 2:25 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bdd3ee510481909d481b157bd0b2bd |
completed | March 20, 2026, 11:10 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bdd5a85488819092a4a7cc4f58a425 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 11:18 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bdd63370088190adca99373f83374f |
completed | March 20, 2026, 11:20 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:10 p.m.