Triple

T5074884
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mike Newell E114369 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Michael Cormac Newell
Michael Cormac Newell is a British film director best known for movies such as "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Donnie Brasco," and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire."
E494073 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: Michael Cormac Newell | Statement: [Mike Newell, birthName, Michael Cormac Newell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Cormac Newell
Context triple: [Mike Newell, birthName, Michael Cormac Newell]
  • A. Michael Phillip Anderson
    Michael Phillip Anderson was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut who served as a mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia and died in the 2003 Columbia disaster.
  • B. Kenneth S. Hitchcock
    Kenneth S. Hitchcock is a highly accomplished Canadian ice hockey coach best known for leading the Dallas Stars to a Stanley Cup championship and ranking among the NHL’s all-time winningest coaches.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Roy Roberts
    Roy Roberts was an American character actor known for his prolific film and television career from the 1940s through the 1970s, often portraying authority figures such as businessmen, military officers, and lawmen.
  • 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: Michael Cormac Newell
Triple: [Mike Newell, birthName, Michael Cormac Newell]
Generated description
Michael Cormac Newell is a British film director best known for movies such as "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Donnie Brasco," and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Cormac Newell
Target entity description: Michael Cormac Newell is a British film director best known for movies such as "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Donnie Brasco," and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire."
  • A. Michael Phillip Anderson
    Michael Phillip Anderson was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut who served as a mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia and died in the 2003 Columbia disaster.
  • B. Kenneth S. Hitchcock
    Kenneth S. Hitchcock is a highly accomplished Canadian ice hockey coach best known for leading the Dallas Stars to a Stanley Cup championship and ranking among the NHL’s all-time winningest coaches.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Roy Roberts
    Roy Roberts was an American character actor known for his prolific film and television career from the 1940s through the 1970s, often portraying authority figures such as businessmen, military officers, and lawmen.
  • 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_69bd443cf28c8190ad371d603563dbdd completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd74d2243481908c1ae62f7123c4e9 completed March 20, 2026, 4:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69beba689ee081909a6bb75c6da07db5 completed March 21, 2026, 3:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bebc0907fc8190904f5e0f63b6213f completed March 21, 2026, 3:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bebc5a79608190bad0fdd6e5a099ef completed March 21, 2026, 3:42 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:39 p.m.