Triple

T5398773
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cry Freedom E120722 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object John Briley
John Briley was an American screenwriter best known for his Academy Award-winning work on the film "Gandhi" and other politically charged dramas.
E522883 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: John Briley | Statement: [Cry Freedom, screenwriter, John Briley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Briley
Context triple: [Cry Freedom, screenwriter, John Briley]
  • A. Broderick Johnson
    Broderick Johnson is an American film producer and co-founder of Alcon Entertainment, known for backing major Hollywood films such as "The Blind Side," "The Book of Eli," and "Transcendence."
  • B. Cal McVey
    Cal McVey was a 19th-century American baseball player and one of the sport’s earliest professional stars, known for his versatility in the infield and outfield.
  • C. Henry McDaniel
    Henry McDaniel was the father of Academy Award–winning actress Hattie McDaniel, known primarily in historical records for this parental connection.
  • 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. Larry Riley
    Larry Riley was an American actor best known for his roles in film, television, and theater, including a prominent performance in the drama "A Soldier's Story."
  • 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: John Briley
Triple: [Cry Freedom, screenwriter, John Briley]
Generated description
John Briley was an American screenwriter best known for his Academy Award-winning work on the film "Gandhi" and other politically charged dramas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Briley
Target entity description: John Briley was an American screenwriter best known for his Academy Award-winning work on the film "Gandhi" and other politically charged dramas.
  • A. Broderick Johnson
    Broderick Johnson is an American film producer and co-founder of Alcon Entertainment, known for backing major Hollywood films such as "The Blind Side," "The Book of Eli," and "Transcendence."
  • B. Cal McVey
    Cal McVey was a 19th-century American baseball player and one of the sport’s earliest professional stars, known for his versatility in the infield and outfield.
  • C. Henry McDaniel
    Henry McDaniel was the father of Academy Award–winning actress Hattie McDaniel, known primarily in historical records for this parental connection.
  • 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. Larry Riley
    Larry Riley was an American actor best known for his roles in film, television, and theater, including a prominent performance in the drama "A Soldier's Story."
  • 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_69bd4637b92c8190b815b6443ae4b323 completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd87499ec4819086f8292625b56f96 completed March 20, 2026, 5:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf4879955c8190bc82bef433294f7c completed March 22, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf490a1db88190ab0ac1a300ae40b3 completed March 22, 2026, 1:42 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf498848fc8190ba067f92b9ddee23 completed March 22, 2026, 1:44 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:04 p.m.