Triple

T577715
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Apollo 13 E13792 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object William Broyles Jr.
William Broyles Jr. is an American screenwriter and former journalist best known for writing acclaimed films such as "Apollo 13" and "Cast Away."
 E72323 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 Broyles Jr. | Statement: [Apollo 13, screenwriter, William Broyles Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Broyles Jr.
Context triple: [Apollo 13, screenwriter, William Broyles Jr.]
  • A. James J. Kilpatrick
    James J. Kilpatrick was an American newspaper columnist and conservative political commentator best known for his syndicated columns and frequent appearances on television debate programs in the mid-20th century.
  • B. Alexander Butterfield
    Alexander Butterfield is a former White House aide best known for revealing the existence of President Richard Nixon’s secret Oval Office taping system during the Watergate scandal.
  • C. Ben Bradlee
    Ben Bradlee was a prominent American journalist and longtime executive editor of The Washington Post, best known for overseeing the paper’s investigative reporting on the Watergate scandal.
  • D. David Kirkpatrick
    David Kirkpatrick is an American technology journalist and author best known for his book "The Facebook Effect," which chronicles the rise and impact of Facebook.
  • E. John Dean
    John Dean is a former White House Counsel best known for his central role in the Watergate scandal and his testimony against President Richard Nixon.
  • 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 Broyles Jr.
Triple: [Apollo 13, screenwriter, William Broyles Jr.]
Generated description
William Broyles Jr. is an American screenwriter and former journalist best known for writing acclaimed films such as "Apollo 13" and "Cast Away."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Broyles Jr.
Target entity description: William Broyles Jr. is an American screenwriter and former journalist best known for writing acclaimed films such as "Apollo 13" and "Cast Away."
  • A. James J. Kilpatrick
    James J. Kilpatrick was an American newspaper columnist and conservative political commentator best known for his syndicated columns and frequent appearances on television debate programs in the mid-20th century.
  • B. Alexander Butterfield
    Alexander Butterfield is a former White House aide best known for revealing the existence of President Richard Nixon’s secret Oval Office taping system during the Watergate scandal.
  • C. Ben Bradlee
    Ben Bradlee was a prominent American journalist and longtime executive editor of The Washington Post, best known for overseeing the paper’s investigative reporting on the Watergate scandal.
  • D. David Kirkpatrick
    David Kirkpatrick is an American technology journalist and author best known for his book "The Facebook Effect," which chronicles the rise and impact of Facebook.
  • E. John Dean
    John Dean is a former White House Counsel best known for his central role in the Watergate scandal and his testimony against President Richard Nixon.
  • 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_69a4933fa4d88190a7949cc83c08c5c1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49b69fed88190b5558d4ebd5047a1 completed March 1, 2026, 8:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a501bfb6408190bf7e1f462f39723d completed March 2, 2026, 3:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a5026c35408190ab22dab86c673e0f completed March 2, 2026, 3:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a5063ad6b481909537a97e6a81eaa4 completed March 2, 2026, 3:38 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.