Triple

T4687913
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Act E103964 entity
Predicate executiveProducer P7225 FINISHED
Object Richard Shepard
Richard Shepard is an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter known for projects such as "The Matador" and episodes of acclaimed series like "Girls" and "Ugly Betty."
E468043 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: Richard Shepard | Statement: [The Act, executiveProducer, Richard Shepard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Shepard
Context triple: [The Act, executiveProducer, Richard Shepard]
  • A. Philip Bruns
    Philip Bruns was an American character actor best known for his television and film roles in the 1970s and 1980s, including his work on the satirical soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."
  • B. Philip Dunne
    Philip Dunne was an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for his work on classic Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1960s.
  • C. Edward Reeves
    Edward Reeves was a teacher and mentor known for instructing Lionel Logue, the Australian speech therapist famous for treating King George VI.
  • D. William Nolan
    William Nolan is an editor known for his work on editions of classic adventure literature, including "The Mark of Zorro."
  • E. Jay Gorney
    Jay Gorney was an American composer best known for writing socially conscious songs for Broadway and film, including the music for the classic Depression-era anthem "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
  • 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: Richard Shepard
Triple: [The Act, executiveProducer, Richard Shepard]
Generated description
Richard Shepard is an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter known for projects such as "The Matador" and episodes of acclaimed series like "Girls" and "Ugly Betty."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Shepard
Target entity description: Richard Shepard is an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter known for projects such as "The Matador" and episodes of acclaimed series like "Girls" and "Ugly Betty."
  • A. Philip Bruns
    Philip Bruns was an American character actor best known for his television and film roles in the 1970s and 1980s, including his work on the satirical soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."
  • B. Philip Dunne
    Philip Dunne was an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for his work on classic Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1960s.
  • C. Edward Reeves
    Edward Reeves was a teacher and mentor known for instructing Lionel Logue, the Australian speech therapist famous for treating King George VI.
  • D. William Nolan
    William Nolan is an editor known for his work on editions of classic adventure literature, including "The Mark of Zorro."
  • E. Jay Gorney
    Jay Gorney was an American composer best known for writing socially conscious songs for Broadway and film, including the music for the classic Depression-era anthem "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
  • 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_69bd43debbf08190b4bc372e286ec234 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6397f6888190a9024a51d4d34f2b completed March 20, 2026, 3:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be39d43ffc8190b1e6caf34d5eaf0d completed March 21, 2026, 6:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be3d05281481909a74ffb38fb5eb31 completed March 21, 2026, 6:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be3dc3ce048190a725ea4b8e8a1ad4 completed March 21, 2026, 6:42 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:16 p.m.