Triple

T5039509
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Top Gun E113509 entity
Predicate writer P1360 FINISHED
Object Jack Epps Jr.
Jack Epps Jr. is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the blockbuster action film "Top Gun."
 E488388 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: Jack Epps Jr. | Statement: [Top Gun, writer, Jack Epps Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Jack Epps Jr.
Context triple: [Top Gun, writer, Jack Epps Jr.]
  • A. John Garrison
    John Garrison is a British singer-songwriter and musician known for his solo work and for contributing bass and backing vocals to James Blunt’s music.
  • B. Rayford Young
    Rayford Young is a former Texas Tech college basketball player best known as the father of NBA All-Star point guard Trae Young.
  • C. Sam J. Jones
    Sam J. Jones is an American actor best known for starring as the title character in the 1980 science fiction film "Flash Gordon."
  • D. John Stallworth
    John Stallworth is a Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver renowned for his key role in the Pittsburgh Steelers' 1970s dynasty and multiple Super Bowl victories.
  • E. Walter Walker
    Walter Walker was a British Army general who played a leading role in counterinsurgency operations, notably overseeing British and Commonwealth forces during the Borneo Confrontation in the 1960s.
  • 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: Jack Epps Jr.
Triple: [Top Gun, writer, Jack Epps Jr.]
Generated description
Jack Epps Jr. is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the blockbuster action film "Top Gun."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Jack Epps Jr.
Target entity description: Jack Epps Jr. is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the blockbuster action film "Top Gun."
  • A. John Garrison
    John Garrison is a British singer-songwriter and musician known for his solo work and for contributing bass and backing vocals to James Blunt’s music.
  • B. Rayford Young
    Rayford Young is a former Texas Tech college basketball player best known as the father of NBA All-Star point guard Trae Young.
  • C. Sam J. Jones
    Sam J. Jones is an American actor best known for starring as the title character in the 1980 science fiction film "Flash Gordon."
  • D. John Stallworth
    John Stallworth is a Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver renowned for his key role in the Pittsburgh Steelers' 1970s dynasty and multiple Super Bowl victories.
  • E. Walter Walker
    Walter Walker was a British Army general who played a leading role in counterinsurgency operations, notably overseeing British and Commonwealth forces during the Borneo Confrontation in the 1960s.
  • 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_69bd44384298819089c49e7c330ec7b8 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd73dbf00c819094b67809dafdecc6 completed March 20, 2026, 4:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be9c8084388190b25bbffc42f0b3ed completed March 21, 2026, 1:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be9d42dc6c8190bd3d7666351ecd5b completed March 21, 2026, 1:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be9dace3fc81909c6f9ffc0d30b7f8 completed March 21, 2026, 1:31 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:37 p.m.