Triple

T11740850
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Best Years of Our Lives E279148 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Al Stephenson
Al Stephenson is a middle-aged World War II veteran and banker who struggles to readjust to civilian life and family responsibilities in the classic film "The Best Years of Our Lives."
 E944397 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: Al Stephenson | Statement: [The Best Years of Our Lives, character, Al Stephenson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Al Stephenson
Context triple: [The Best Years of Our Lives, character, Al Stephenson]
  • A. David S. Ward
    David S. Ward is an American screenwriter and director best known for writing the Oscar-winning film "The Sting" and other popular movies.
  • B. John Stephens
    John Stephens is an author best known for writing the children's fantasy novel "The Emerald Atlas" and its sequels in the Books of Beginning series.
  • C. John Stephens
    John Stephens is an American local politician who has served as the mayor of Costa Mesa, California.
  • D. Stephen Carpenter
    Stephen Carpenter is an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the fantasy police procedural series "Grimm."
  • E. Austin R. Nichols
    Austin R. Nichols was an early settler and influential figure in the development of Austin, Minnesota, for whom the city was named.
  • 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: Al Stephenson
Triple: [The Best Years of Our Lives, character, Al Stephenson]
Generated description
Al Stephenson is a middle-aged World War II veteran and banker who struggles to readjust to civilian life and family responsibilities in the classic film "The Best Years of Our Lives."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Al Stephenson
Target entity description: Al Stephenson is a middle-aged World War II veteran and banker who struggles to readjust to civilian life and family responsibilities in the classic film "The Best Years of Our Lives."
  • A. David S. Ward
    David S. Ward is an American screenwriter and director best known for writing the Oscar-winning film "The Sting" and other popular movies.
  • B. John Stephens
    John Stephens is an author best known for writing the children's fantasy novel "The Emerald Atlas" and its sequels in the Books of Beginning series.
  • C. John Stephens
    John Stephens is an American local politician who has served as the mayor of Costa Mesa, California.
  • D. Stephen Carpenter
    Stephen Carpenter is an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the fantasy police procedural series "Grimm."
  • E. Austin R. Nichols
    Austin R. Nichols was an early settler and influential figure in the development of Austin, Minnesota, for whom the city was named.
  • 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_69d6aaffec6881908bead509e8621742 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a4f025f88190a39280806c9d7c33 completed April 10, 2026, 7:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f019d331888190866bdd04f6c73e08 completed April 28, 2026, 2:22 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f0319520dc8190817c5e75ddb7d40b completed April 28, 2026, 4:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f05aa351888190a31092e6a9aee26b completed April 28, 2026, 6:58 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:41 p.m.