Triple

T13350477
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Cold and the Dark E318055 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object Thomas P. Ackerman
Thomas P. Ackerman is an atmospheric scientist known for his work on the climatic and environmental impacts of nuclear war and other large-scale perturbations to the Earth's atmosphere.
 E1535627 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: Thomas P. Ackerman | Statement: [The Cold and the Dark, coAuthor, Thomas P. Ackerman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas P. Ackerman
Context triple: [The Cold and the Dark, coAuthor, Thomas P. Ackerman]
  • A. Thomas E. Ackerman
    Thomas E. Ackerman is an American cinematographer known for his work on popular films including the dark comedy-fantasy "Beetlejuice."
  • B. James D. Corrothers
    James D. Corrothers was an African American poet, journalist, and minister of the late 19th and early 20th centuries known for his powerful verse addressing race, injustice, and Black life in America.
  • C. Robert B. Weide
    Robert B. Weide is an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter best known for his work on the HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and various documentaries about comedians.
  • D. Mark P. McCahill
    Mark P. McCahill is an American computer scientist best known for pioneering early internet technologies, including creating the Gopher protocol for distributed document search and retrieval.
  • E. Timothy L. Pflueger
    Timothy L. Pflueger was a prominent American architect known for his influential Art Deco and Moderne designs in the San Francisco Bay Area, including major theaters, skyscrapers, and civic projects.
  • 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: Thomas P. Ackerman
Triple: [The Cold and the Dark, coAuthor, Thomas P. Ackerman]
Generated description
Thomas P. Ackerman is an atmospheric scientist known for his work on the climatic and environmental impacts of nuclear war and other large-scale perturbations to the Earth's atmosphere.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas P. Ackerman
Target entity description: Thomas P. Ackerman is an atmospheric scientist known for his work on the climatic and environmental impacts of nuclear war and other large-scale perturbations to the Earth's atmosphere.
  • A. Thomas E. Ackerman
    Thomas E. Ackerman is an American cinematographer known for his work on popular films including the dark comedy-fantasy "Beetlejuice."
  • B. James D. Corrothers
    James D. Corrothers was an African American poet, journalist, and minister of the late 19th and early 20th centuries known for his powerful verse addressing race, injustice, and Black life in America.
  • C. Robert B. Weide
    Robert B. Weide is an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter best known for his work on the HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and various documentaries about comedians.
  • D. Mark P. McCahill
    Mark P. McCahill is an American computer scientist best known for pioneering early internet technologies, including creating the Gopher protocol for distributed document search and retrieval.
  • E. Timothy L. Pflueger
    Timothy L. Pflueger was a prominent American architect known for his influential Art Deco and Moderne designs in the San Francisco Bay Area, including major theaters, skyscrapers, and civic projects.
  • 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_69d806b5a3c08190b42c267fb092f98a completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d99e8c2f1c819094f0970f35f18afa completed April 11, 2026, 1:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0af0c3ccc0819089f78016552e8553 completed May 18, 2026, 10:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0af24f7d748190a1bcff53ba987dc7 completed May 18, 2026, 11:04 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0af2e63a748190bb9743841a3c9f73 completed May 18, 2026, 11:07 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:31 p.m.