Triple

T7355014
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Trouble Man E169600 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object John D. F. Black
John D. F. Black was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on influential 1970s film and television projects, including contributions to the crime and science fiction genres.
 E658653 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 D. F. Black | Statement: [Trouble Man, screenwriter, John D. F. Black]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John D. F. Black
Context triple: [Trouble Man, screenwriter, John D. F. Black]
  • A. Louis Black
    Louis Black is an American journalist and co-founder of The Austin Chronicle who played a key role in shaping Austin’s cultural and film scene.
  • B. Joseph Blackwell
    Joseph Blackwell is the father of Chris Blackwell, the influential founder of Island Records.
  • C. Charles Alden Black
    Charles Alden Black was an American naval officer and business executive best known as the second husband of former child star Shirley Temple.
  • D. John F. Black
    John F. Black is a comic supporting character in the 1963 horror-comedy film "The Comedy of Terrors," contributing to the movie’s farcical and macabre tone.
  • E. Ronald Black
    Ronald Black is the brother of American stand-up comedian and social critic Lewis Black.
  • 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 D. F. Black
Triple: [Trouble Man, screenwriter, John D. F. Black]
Generated description
John D. F. Black was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on influential 1970s film and television projects, including contributions to the crime and science fiction genres.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John D. F. Black
Target entity description: John D. F. Black was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on influential 1970s film and television projects, including contributions to the crime and science fiction genres.
  • A. Louis Black
    Louis Black is an American journalist and co-founder of The Austin Chronicle who played a key role in shaping Austin’s cultural and film scene.
  • B. Joseph Blackwell
    Joseph Blackwell is the father of Chris Blackwell, the influential founder of Island Records.
  • C. Charles Alden Black
    Charles Alden Black was an American naval officer and business executive best known as the second husband of former child star Shirley Temple.
  • D. John F. Black
    John F. Black is a comic supporting character in the 1963 horror-comedy film "The Comedy of Terrors," contributing to the movie’s farcical and macabre tone.
  • E. Ronald Black
    Ronald Black is the brother of American stand-up comedian and social critic Lewis Black.
  • 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_69c68a59f2288190877ca15c19b1e822 completed March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f10e71fc81909307ca39a61142d3 completed March 27, 2026, 9:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7faa25960819084ecb6dbf9369ba5 completed March 28, 2026, 3:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7fc2c90488190bd3aa5bf72606723 completed March 28, 2026, 4:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7fcb5f7f0819081e70f8809bb34ae completed March 28, 2026, 4:07 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:05 p.m.