Triple

T5228723
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Roots E118055 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object William Blinn
William Blinn was an American television writer and producer best known for his work on landmark series and miniseries such as "Roots" and "Brian's Song."
 E515926 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: William Blinn | Statement: [Roots, screenwriter, William Blinn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Blinn
Context triple: [Roots, screenwriter, William Blinn]
  • A. Robert Calvin Bland
    Robert Calvin Bland was an influential American blues and soul singer known for his smooth vocal style and a string of hits in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • B. John Milledge
    John Milledge was an American politician and statesman who served as governor of Georgia and a U.S. congressman in the early 19th century.
  • C. Thomas J. Brown
    Thomas J. Brown is an American Episcopal bishop who serves as the diocesan leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine.
  • D. Jon A. McBride
    Jon A. McBride is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who piloted the Space Shuttle Challenger on the STS-41-G mission.
  • E. Edward Burleson
    Edward Burleson was a prominent Texian military and political leader of the Texas Revolution who later served as vice president of the Republic of Texas.
  • 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: William Blinn
Triple: [Roots, screenwriter, William Blinn]
Generated description
William Blinn was an American television writer and producer best known for his work on landmark series and miniseries such as "Roots" and "Brian's Song."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Blinn
Target entity description: William Blinn was an American television writer and producer best known for his work on landmark series and miniseries such as "Roots" and "Brian's Song."
  • A. Robert Calvin Bland
    Robert Calvin Bland was an influential American blues and soul singer known for his smooth vocal style and a string of hits in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • B. John Milledge
    John Milledge was an American politician and statesman who served as governor of Georgia and a U.S. congressman in the early 19th century.
  • C. Thomas J. Brown
    Thomas J. Brown is an American Episcopal bishop who serves as the diocesan leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine.
  • D. Jon A. McBride
    Jon A. McBride is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who piloted the Space Shuttle Challenger on the STS-41-G mission.
  • E. Edward Burleson
    Edward Burleson was a prominent Texian military and political leader of the Texas Revolution who later served as vice president of the Republic of Texas.
  • 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_69bd4466fb8c819083b806a79414d7e4 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7adee36881909b034b8735db9d67 completed March 20, 2026, 4:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf29008b38819084e59078210626b2 completed March 21, 2026, 11:25 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf2a59d53c81908ce846523f0c94e8 completed March 21, 2026, 11:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf2ad48fc48190bb0c7de4df879c3b completed March 21, 2026, 11:33 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:48 p.m.