Triple

T11818815
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Serpico E281071 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Norman Wexler
Norman Wexler was an American screenwriter best known for his work on influential 1970s films such as "Serpico" and "Saturday Night Fever."
E948180 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: Norman Wexler | Statement: [Serpico, screenwriter, Norman Wexler]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Wexler
Context triple: [Serpico, screenwriter, Norman Wexler]
  • A. Sidney B. Kramer
    Sidney B. Kramer was an American publisher best known as a co-founder of the mass-market paperback company Bantam Books.
  • B. Marvin L. Cohen
    Marvin L. Cohen is a prominent American condensed matter physicist known for his pioneering work in computational materials science and electronic structure theory.
  • C. Arthur B. Krim
    Arthur B. Krim was an influential American film executive and lawyer best known for leading major Hollywood studios and shaping the independent film landscape in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Alfred A. Cohn
    Alfred A. Cohn was an American screenwriter and title writer of the silent and early sound film era, best known for his work on influential films such as The Jazz Singer.
  • E. Sidney Ehrlich
    Sidney Ehrlich is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Ehrlich surname.
  • 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: Norman Wexler
Triple: [Serpico, screenwriter, Norman Wexler]
Generated description
Norman Wexler was an American screenwriter best known for his work on influential 1970s films such as "Serpico" and "Saturday Night Fever."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Wexler
Target entity description: Norman Wexler was an American screenwriter best known for his work on influential 1970s films such as "Serpico" and "Saturday Night Fever."
  • A. Sidney B. Kramer
    Sidney B. Kramer was an American publisher best known as a co-founder of the mass-market paperback company Bantam Books.
  • B. Marvin L. Cohen
    Marvin L. Cohen is a prominent American condensed matter physicist known for his pioneering work in computational materials science and electronic structure theory.
  • C. Arthur B. Krim
    Arthur B. Krim was an influential American film executive and lawyer best known for leading major Hollywood studios and shaping the independent film landscape in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Alfred A. Cohn
    Alfred A. Cohn was an American screenwriter and title writer of the silent and early sound film era, best known for his work on influential films such as The Jazz Singer.
  • E. Sidney Ehrlich
    Sidney Ehrlich is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Ehrlich surname.
  • 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_69d6ab26aae88190b2489efcb2a24234 completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a5e760988190b50d13bba5ef5b43 completed April 10, 2026, 7:25 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f131cbf9708190ba8394fb3508b975 completed April 28, 2026, 10:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f14e8a1b788190a1704d6e102342e3 completed April 29, 2026, 12:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f15715a1588190ba0ec21647adc57c completed April 29, 2026, 12:55 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:42 p.m.