Triple
T5348400
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Jazz (TV series) |
E124111
|
entity |
| Predicate | writer |
P1360
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Geoffrey C. Ward
Geoffrey C. Ward is an American historian, biographer, and screenwriter best known for his collaborations with filmmaker Ken Burns on acclaimed documentary series such as "The Civil War," "Jazz," and "The Roosevelts."
|
E513305
|
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: Geoffrey C. Ward | Statement: [Jazz (TV series), writer, Geoffrey C. Ward]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Geoffrey C. Ward Context triple: [Jazz (TV series), writer, Geoffrey C. Ward]
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A.
J. Anthony Lukas
J. Anthony Lukas was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist and author renowned for his deeply reported narrative nonfiction on social and political issues.
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B.
Douglas Day Stewart
Douglas Day Stewart is an American screenwriter and director best known for writing the film "An Officer and a Gentleman" and other character-driven dramas.
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C.
A. J. Baime
A. J. Baime is an American author and journalist best known for his narrative nonfiction books on automotive history and high-stakes real-world dramas.
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D.
Alec Ross
Alec Ross was a British actor and the first husband of actress Sheila Hancock, known for his work on stage and screen before his early death from esophageal cancer.
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E.
Kenneth H. Jackson
Kenneth H. Jackson was a prominent 20th-century British linguist and historian renowned for his pioneering research on the history and development of the Celtic languages.
- 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: Geoffrey C. Ward Triple: [Jazz (TV series), writer, Geoffrey C. Ward]
Generated description
Geoffrey C. Ward is an American historian, biographer, and screenwriter best known for his collaborations with filmmaker Ken Burns on acclaimed documentary series such as "The Civil War," "Jazz," and "The Roosevelts."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Geoffrey C. Ward Target entity description: Geoffrey C. Ward is an American historian, biographer, and screenwriter best known for his collaborations with filmmaker Ken Burns on acclaimed documentary series such as "The Civil War," "Jazz," and "The Roosevelts."
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A.
J. Anthony Lukas
J. Anthony Lukas was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist and author renowned for his deeply reported narrative nonfiction on social and political issues.
-
B.
Douglas Day Stewart
Douglas Day Stewart is an American screenwriter and director best known for writing the film "An Officer and a Gentleman" and other character-driven dramas.
-
C.
A. J. Baime
A. J. Baime is an American author and journalist best known for his narrative nonfiction books on automotive history and high-stakes real-world dramas.
-
D.
Alec Ross
Alec Ross was a British actor and the first husband of actress Sheila Hancock, known for his work on stage and screen before his early death from esophageal cancer.
-
E.
Kenneth H. Jackson
Kenneth H. Jackson was a prominent 20th-century British linguist and historian renowned for his pioneering research on the history and development of the Celtic languages.
- 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_69bd464be27081908807b40b75c1bbae |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd85ef75148190815461c2a49302e9 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf21cd34a08190857dd960c12fec0c |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:55 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf227781bc819083b8aba59618cc46 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:57 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf231d41848190b67de46bdbb38ab3 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:01 p.m.