Triple

T9040567
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sleepy Joe's Café E216613 entity
Predicate appearsInFilmDirector P46692 FINISHED
Object Thom Zimny
Thom Zimny is an American film and television director best known for his long-running collaboration with Bruce Springsteen on documentaries and concert films.
 E775149 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: Thom Zimny | Statement: [Sleepy Joe's Café, appearsInFilmDirector, Thom Zimny]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thom Zimny
Context triple: [Sleepy Joe's Café, appearsInFilmDirector, Thom Zimny]
  • A. George Zames
    George Zames was a prominent control theorist known for his foundational contributions to robust control and H-infinity methods in systems engineering.
  • B. Marc Mezvinsky
    Marc Mezvinsky is an American investment banker best known as the husband of Chelsea Clinton and son-in-law of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
  • C. Paul Zimmerer
    Paul Zimmerer was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of Lindsay Corporation, a major manufacturer of agricultural irrigation and infrastructure equipment.
  • D. Jim Veltman
    Jim Veltman is a former Canadian professional lacrosse player renowned as one of the greatest leaders and transition players in National Lacrosse League history, particularly with the Toronto Rock.
  • E. Dennis Virkler
    Dennis Virkler was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood features, including major comedies and action films.
  • 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: Thom Zimny
Triple: [Sleepy Joe's Café, appearsInFilmDirector, Thom Zimny]
Generated description
Thom Zimny is an American film and television director best known for his long-running collaboration with Bruce Springsteen on documentaries and concert films.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thom Zimny
Target entity description: Thom Zimny is an American film and television director best known for his long-running collaboration with Bruce Springsteen on documentaries and concert films.
  • A. George Zames
    George Zames was a prominent control theorist known for his foundational contributions to robust control and H-infinity methods in systems engineering.
  • B. Marc Mezvinsky
    Marc Mezvinsky is an American investment banker best known as the husband of Chelsea Clinton and son-in-law of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
  • C. Paul Zimmerer
    Paul Zimmerer was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of Lindsay Corporation, a major manufacturer of agricultural irrigation and infrastructure equipment.
  • D. Jim Veltman
    Jim Veltman is a former Canadian professional lacrosse player renowned as one of the greatest leaders and transition players in National Lacrosse League history, particularly with the Toronto Rock.
  • E. Dennis Virkler
    Dennis Virkler was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood features, including major comedies and action films.
  • 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_69ca83d22d488190adbce5e020e9cd1d completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc6b100a348190a59abd6e9b815c63 completed April 1, 2026, 12:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfeb98e6008190a73c76c50aa7ed23 completed April 3, 2026, 4:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfeccb612881908d57fffa968c605a completed April 3, 2026, 4:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfeef92dc08190b85694a79e1f905d completed April 3, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:09 p.m.