Triple

T7499540
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Snakes on a Plane E177222 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object John Heffernan
John Heffernan is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the cult action-thriller film "Snakes on a Plane."
 E687903 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 Heffernan | Statement: [Snakes on a Plane, screenwriter, John Heffernan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Heffernan
Context triple: [Snakes on a Plane, screenwriter, John Heffernan]
  • A. John Doherty
    John Doherty is known as the husband of American actress Michael Learned, famed for her role as Olivia Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
  • B. Patrick Doherty
    Patrick Doherty was one of the unarmed civil rights marchers shot and killed by British soldiers during the Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1972.
  • C. Martin Doherty
    Martin Doherty is a Scottish musician and producer best known as a member of the synth-pop band Chvrches.
  • D. Michael Doherty
    Michael Doherty is a member of the Doherty family, known for his close relation to Irish republican figure Kieran Doherty.
  • E. Paul Hennessy
    Paul Hennessy is the overprotective yet well-meaning father and newspaper columnist at the center of the sitcom "8 Simple Rules."
  • 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 Heffernan
Triple: [Snakes on a Plane, screenwriter, John Heffernan]
Generated description
John Heffernan is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the cult action-thriller film "Snakes on a Plane."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Heffernan
Target entity description: John Heffernan is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the cult action-thriller film "Snakes on a Plane."
  • A. John Doherty
    John Doherty is known as the husband of American actress Michael Learned, famed for her role as Olivia Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
  • B. Patrick Doherty
    Patrick Doherty was one of the unarmed civil rights marchers shot and killed by British soldiers during the Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1972.
  • C. Martin Doherty
    Martin Doherty is a Scottish musician and producer best known as a member of the synth-pop band Chvrches.
  • D. Michael Doherty
    Michael Doherty is a member of the Doherty family, known for his close relation to Irish republican figure Kieran Doherty.
  • E. Paul Hennessy
    Paul Hennessy is the overprotective yet well-meaning father and newspaper columnist at the center of the sitcom "8 Simple Rules."
  • 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_69c69f2696688190915a8458f2398211 completed March 27, 2026, 3:15 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f598dfac8190a123daaac0784aee completed March 27, 2026, 9:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c8c7b042c8819098e345be61bbe943 completed March 29, 2026, 6:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8c87bca908190a44e839824c23e95 completed March 29, 2026, 6:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8c8e5e9f081908288b38ea25e81d2 completed March 29, 2026, 6:38 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:44 p.m.