Triple

T21250970
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robin Hood: Men in Tights E523742 entity
Predicate writer P1360 FINISHED
Object J. David Shapiro
J. David Shapiro is an American screenwriter and filmmaker best known for his work on comedy films and for co-writing the critically panned sci-fi movie "Battlefield Earth."
E1491776 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: J. David Shapiro | Statement: [Robin Hood: Men in Tights, writer, J. David Shapiro]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. David Shapiro
Context triple: [Robin Hood: Men in Tights, writer, J. David Shapiro]
  • A. James A. Shapiro
    James A. Shapiro is an American molecular biologist known for his work on bacterial genetics and his advocacy of natural genetic engineering as a key mechanism in evolution.
  • B. Gregory H. Shapiro
    Gregory H. Shapiro is an American film producer known for his work on critically acclaimed dramas and independent films, including the Oscar-winning "The Hurt Locker."
  • C. Robert Shapiro
    Robert Shapiro is a high-profile American defense attorney best known for being part of O. J. Simpson’s legal “Dream Team” during Simpson’s 1995 murder trial.
  • D. Neil B. Shulman
    Neil B. Shulman is an American physician and author best known for writing the novel that inspired the film "Doc Hollywood."
  • E. James D. Stern
    James D. Stern is an American film producer and director known for backing a range of acclaimed independent and genre films, as well as documentaries.
  • 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: J. David Shapiro
Triple: [Robin Hood: Men in Tights, writer, J. David Shapiro]
Generated description
J. David Shapiro is an American screenwriter and filmmaker best known for his work on comedy films and for co-writing the critically panned sci-fi movie "Battlefield Earth."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. David Shapiro
Target entity description: J. David Shapiro is an American screenwriter and filmmaker best known for his work on comedy films and for co-writing the critically panned sci-fi movie "Battlefield Earth."
  • A. James A. Shapiro
    James A. Shapiro is an American molecular biologist known for his work on bacterial genetics and his advocacy of natural genetic engineering as a key mechanism in evolution.
  • B. Gregory H. Shapiro
    Gregory H. Shapiro is an American film producer known for his work on critically acclaimed dramas and independent films, including the Oscar-winning "The Hurt Locker."
  • C. Robert Shapiro
    Robert Shapiro is a high-profile American defense attorney best known for being part of O. J. Simpson’s legal “Dream Team” during Simpson’s 1995 murder trial.
  • D. Neil B. Shulman
    Neil B. Shulman is an American physician and author best known for writing the novel that inspired the film "Doc Hollywood."
  • E. James D. Stern
    James D. Stern is an American film producer and director known for backing a range of acclaimed independent and genre films, as well as documentaries.
  • 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_69e0b5146c108190adc9adb73e90abff completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e7359e90d881909b3153f1e7213c5c completed April 21, 2026, 8:30 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09f65d716c81908ccf2f8732892e33 completed May 17, 2026, 5:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09f78a3d788190b4b19f3b6463550e completed May 17, 2026, 5:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09f825b02c819096f57b1dba02ded2 completed May 17, 2026, 5:17 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 3:56 p.m.