Triple

T17702647
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Polytechnique E441346 entity
Predicate writer P1360 FINISHED
Object Jacques Davidts
Jacques Davidts is a Canadian screenwriter best known for writing the acclaimed film "Polytechnique," which dramatizes the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre in Montreal.
E1297761 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: Jacques Davidts | Statement: [Polytechnique, writer, Jacques Davidts]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacques Davidts
Context triple: [Polytechnique, writer, Jacques Davidts]
  • A. Pierre De Geyter
    Pierre De Geyter was a Belgian composer best known for writing the music to the socialist anthem "The Internationale."
  • B. Geert Bourgeois
    Geert Bourgeois is a Belgian Flemish nationalist politician and former Minister-President of Flanders, known as a founding figure and key leader of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA).
  • C. Frans Van Cauwelaert
    Frans Van Cauwelaert was a prominent Belgian Flemish politician and advocate of the Flemish Movement who played a key role in promoting Dutch language rights and regional autonomy.
  • D. Michel Houben
    Michel Houben is a relatively obscure individual whose primary public mention appears to be as a namesake in reference data rather than as a widely recognized public figure.
  • E. Henk Van Eeghen
    Henk Van Eeghen is a film editor known for his work on the movie "Miracle Mile."
  • 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: Jacques Davidts
Triple: [Polytechnique, writer, Jacques Davidts]
Generated description
Jacques Davidts is a Canadian screenwriter best known for writing the acclaimed film "Polytechnique," which dramatizes the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre in Montreal.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacques Davidts
Target entity description: Jacques Davidts is a Canadian screenwriter best known for writing the acclaimed film "Polytechnique," which dramatizes the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre in Montreal.
  • A. Pierre De Geyter
    Pierre De Geyter was a Belgian composer best known for writing the music to the socialist anthem "The Internationale."
  • B. Geert Bourgeois
    Geert Bourgeois is a Belgian Flemish nationalist politician and former Minister-President of Flanders, known as a founding figure and key leader of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA).
  • C. Frans Van Cauwelaert
    Frans Van Cauwelaert was a prominent Belgian Flemish politician and advocate of the Flemish Movement who played a key role in promoting Dutch language rights and regional autonomy.
  • D. Michel Houben
    Michel Houben is a relatively obscure individual whose primary public mention appears to be as a namesake in reference data rather than as a widely recognized public figure.
  • E. Henk Van Eeghen
    Henk Van Eeghen is a film editor known for his work on the movie "Miracle Mile."
  • 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_69d8b9ea20b48190ace88bb46b01e6a9 completed April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4729528b88190bd8a104f6f6d4e69 completed April 19, 2026, 6:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0328ff60388190af4f7fe30a4c1d7c completed May 12, 2026, 1:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a032b79b55c81909ad92206c44402f5 completed May 12, 2026, 1:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a032c1200808190982b03ba82dda8cb completed May 12, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:05 a.m.