Triple

T9578757
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ray (film) E231114 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object James L. White
James L. White was an American screenwriter best known for writing the acclaimed biographical film about musician Ray Charles.
 E881596 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: James L. White | Statement: [Ray (film), screenwriter, James L. White]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James L. White
Context triple: [Ray (film), screenwriter, James L. White]
  • A. James L. White
    James L. White was a prominent polymer scientist and engineer recognized for his pioneering contributions to polymer processing and rheology.
  • B. Thomas J. White
    Thomas J. White was an American philanthropist and businessman best known for bankrolling and co-founding the global health organization Partners In Health.
  • C. Thomas D. White
    Thomas D. White was a United States Air Force general who served as Chief of Staff of the Air Force and played a key role in shaping post–World War II American air power.
  • D. John H. White
    John H. White is an American photojournalist renowned for his powerful documentary images of urban life and social issues, particularly in Chicago.
  • E. James H. White
    James H. White was an early American film director and producer associated with the pioneering motion picture work of the Edison Manufacturing Company.
  • 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: James L. White
Triple: [Ray (film), screenwriter, James L. White]
Generated description
James L. White was an American screenwriter best known for writing the acclaimed biographical film about musician Ray Charles.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James L. White
Target entity description: James L. White was an American screenwriter best known for writing the acclaimed biographical film about musician Ray Charles.
  • A. James L. White
    James L. White was a prominent polymer scientist and engineer recognized for his pioneering contributions to polymer processing and rheology.
  • B. Thomas J. White
    Thomas J. White was an American philanthropist and businessman best known for bankrolling and co-founding the global health organization Partners In Health.
  • C. Thomas D. White
    Thomas D. White was a United States Air Force general who served as Chief of Staff of the Air Force and played a key role in shaping post–World War II American air power.
  • D. John H. White
    John H. White is an American photojournalist renowned for his powerful documentary images of urban life and social issues, particularly in Chicago.
  • E. James H. White
    James H. White was an early American film director and producer associated with the pioneering motion picture work of the Edison Manufacturing Company.
  • 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_69ca848091c48190bc313d6620d09555 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd99aece1081908287e03106de020f completed April 1, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69dbac7a42348190a86fa5a97e3d36ca completed April 12, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69dbaeb211088190a9118c71918584e5 completed April 12, 2026, 2:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69dbaf7c999c819097a8cdf5bd82f648 completed April 12, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:05 p.m.