Triple

T9937581
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gia E193995 entity
Predicate director P255 FINISHED
Object Michael Cristofer
Michael Cristofer is an American playwright, screenwriter, actor, and director known for works such as the Pulitzer Prize–winning play "The Shadow Box" and the HBO film "Gia."
E832845 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: Michael Cristofer | Statement: [Gia, director, Michael Cristofer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Cristofer
Context triple: [Gia, director, Michael Cristofer]
  • A. Richard Vincent Van Patten
    Richard Vincent Van Patten is the birth name of American actor Dick Van Patten, best known for his role as the father on the television series "Eight Is Enough."
  • B. Stephen Macht
    Stephen Macht is an American actor known for his work in film and television, including prominent roles in horror and crime dramas.
  • C. Peter M. Nicholas
    Peter M. Nicholas was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Boston Scientific and a major benefactor of environmental education and research.
  • D. Antony Alda
    Antony Alda was an American actor and screenwriter, known for his work in film and television and for being part of the Alda acting family.
  • E. Richard Crenna
    Richard Crenna was an American actor and director known for his roles in films such as the "Rambo" series and numerous television shows including "The Real McCoys."
  • 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: Michael Cristofer
Triple: [Gia, director, Michael Cristofer]
Generated description
Michael Cristofer is an American playwright, screenwriter, actor, and director known for works such as the Pulitzer Prize–winning play "The Shadow Box" and the HBO film "Gia."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Cristofer
Target entity description: Michael Cristofer is an American playwright, screenwriter, actor, and director known for works such as the Pulitzer Prize–winning play "The Shadow Box" and the HBO film "Gia."
  • A. Richard Vincent Van Patten
    Richard Vincent Van Patten is the birth name of American actor Dick Van Patten, best known for his role as the father on the television series "Eight Is Enough."
  • B. Stephen Macht
    Stephen Macht is an American actor known for his work in film and television, including prominent roles in horror and crime dramas.
  • C. Peter M. Nicholas
    Peter M. Nicholas was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Boston Scientific and a major benefactor of environmental education and research.
  • D. Antony Alda
    Antony Alda was an American actor and screenwriter, known for his work in film and television and for being part of the Alda acting family.
  • E. Richard Crenna
    Richard Crenna was an American actor and director known for his roles in films such as the "Rambo" series and numerous television shows including "The Real McCoys."
  • 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_69ca82e409348190a393777356b80a2a completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb5e4e19881909879b394090d6629 completed April 2, 2026, 12:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d23d4528108190b38111bb36832a67 completed April 5, 2026, 10:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d23eb1c1f481908404225dcccd0697 completed April 5, 2026, 10:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d242aea6a08190a73a836e59865c35 completed April 5, 2026, 11:08 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:44 p.m.