Triple

T5342327
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Requiem for a Dream E123972 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Hubert Selby Jr.
Hubert Selby Jr. was an American novelist and screenwriter known for his bleak, uncompromising portrayals of urban despair in works such as "Last Exit to Brooklyn" and "Requiem for a Dream."
E512499 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: Hubert Selby Jr. | Statement: [Requiem for a Dream, screenwriter, Hubert Selby Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hubert Selby Jr.
Context triple: [Requiem for a Dream, screenwriter, Hubert Selby Jr.]
  • A. Wallace Thurman
    Wallace Thurman was an American novelist, editor, and critic best known for his central role in the Harlem Renaissance and his novel "The Blacker the Berry."
  • B. Harold Chestnut
    Harold Chestnut was an American engineer and control systems pioneer known for his influential work in automation and leadership within the IEEE.
  • C. Joseph Strick
    Joseph Strick was an American filmmaker best known for his bold, often controversial adaptations of major literary works, including James Joyce’s "Ulysses" and "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man."
  • D. Nitcholas Drinkard
    Nitcholas Drinkard is a member of the Drinkard family, a musical lineage best known for producing prominent gospel and soul singers.
  • E. Sidney Royel Selby III
    Sidney Royel Selby III is the American rapper and singer better known by his stage name Desiigner, who rose to fame with the hit single "Panda."
  • 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: Hubert Selby Jr.
Triple: [Requiem for a Dream, screenwriter, Hubert Selby Jr.]
Generated description
Hubert Selby Jr. was an American novelist and screenwriter known for his bleak, uncompromising portrayals of urban despair in works such as "Last Exit to Brooklyn" and "Requiem for a Dream."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hubert Selby Jr.
Target entity description: Hubert Selby Jr. was an American novelist and screenwriter known for his bleak, uncompromising portrayals of urban despair in works such as "Last Exit to Brooklyn" and "Requiem for a Dream."
  • A. Wallace Thurman
    Wallace Thurman was an American novelist, editor, and critic best known for his central role in the Harlem Renaissance and his novel "The Blacker the Berry."
  • B. Harold Chestnut
    Harold Chestnut was an American engineer and control systems pioneer known for his influential work in automation and leadership within the IEEE.
  • C. Joseph Strick
    Joseph Strick was an American filmmaker best known for his bold, often controversial adaptations of major literary works, including James Joyce’s "Ulysses" and "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man."
  • D. Nitcholas Drinkard
    Nitcholas Drinkard is a member of the Drinkard family, a musical lineage best known for producing prominent gospel and soul singers.
  • E. Sidney Royel Selby III
    Sidney Royel Selby III is the American rapper and singer better known by his stage name Desiigner, who rose to fame with the hit single "Panda."
  • 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_69bd464b07f8819095aa76577c9829e4 completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd85cc5a9881909e23bf9c5b697a8e completed March 20, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf18cc387c8190a9fe430fe5bb38ce completed March 21, 2026, 10:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf1a5440d8819094a6da0282408b7b completed March 21, 2026, 10:23 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf1abe1ea88190b681eb18bfa361d7 completed March 21, 2026, 10:25 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:01 p.m.