Triple

T11678391
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Act of Violence E277551 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Robert L. Richards
Robert L. Richards was an American screenwriter known for his work in mid-20th-century film and radio, including notable crime and noir dramas.
E1309913 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: Robert L. Richards | Statement: [Act of Violence, screenwriter, Robert L. Richards]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert L. Richards
Context triple: [Act of Violence, screenwriter, Robert L. Richards]
  • A. Robert H. Richards
    Robert H. Richards was a prominent American mining engineer and metallurgist known for pioneering work in ore dressing and mineral processing.
  • B. Richard N. Richards
    Richard N. Richards is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
  • C. John C. Richards
    John C. Richards is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the dark comedy film "Nurse Betty."
  • D. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • E. Joel J. Richard
    Joel J. Richard is a film composer best known for co-scoring high-octane action movies, including entries in the John Wick franchise.
  • 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: Robert L. Richards
Triple: [Act of Violence, screenwriter, Robert L. Richards]
Generated description
Robert L. Richards was an American screenwriter known for his work in mid-20th-century film and radio, including notable crime and noir dramas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert L. Richards
Target entity description: Robert L. Richards was an American screenwriter known for his work in mid-20th-century film and radio, including notable crime and noir dramas.
  • A. Robert H. Richards
    Robert H. Richards was a prominent American mining engineer and metallurgist known for pioneering work in ore dressing and mineral processing.
  • B. Richard N. Richards
    Richard N. Richards is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
  • C. John C. Richards
    John C. Richards is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the dark comedy film "Nurse Betty."
  • D. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • E. Joel J. Richard
    Joel J. Richard is a film composer best known for co-scoring high-octane action movies, including entries in the John Wick franchise.
  • 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_69d6aafd0a448190b44da30af8c6c519 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a46000a48190888ad1a6ade052e3 completed April 10, 2026, 7:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a038f9d1da08190b4e2f851518ab90b completed May 12, 2026, 8:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03913ef29c8190a9655dba88a8ce8a completed May 12, 2026, 8:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03925c322081909d435251e869194d completed May 12, 2026, 8:49 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:40 p.m.