Triple

T21690972
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Call Me Claus E535365 entity
Predicate writer P1360 FINISHED
Object Tom Epperson
Tom Epperson is an American screenwriter and novelist known for his frequent collaborations with filmmaker Billy Bob Thornton on crime and drama films.
E656798 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: Tom Epperson | Statement: [Call Me Claus, writer, Tom Epperson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Epperson
Context triple: [Call Me Claus, writer, Tom Epperson]
  • A. Tom Epperson
    Tom Epperson is an American screenwriter and novelist best known for his frequent collaborations with Billy Bob Thornton on gritty crime dramas.
  • B. Jerry Scoggins
    Jerry Scoggins was an American country and western singer best known for performing the theme song to the classic television sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies."
  • C. Joe Erwin
    Joe Erwin is an American businessman and sports executive best known as the founder and owner of the Greenville Triumph SC professional soccer club.
  • D. Rod Tidwell
    Rod Tidwell is a charismatic, outspoken professional football player in the film "Jerry Maguire," best known for his demand to "show me the money."
  • E. Jerry Espenson
    Jerry Espenson is a socially awkward but brilliant attorney with Asperger’s syndrome from the television series "Boston Legal," known for his eccentric behavior and exceptional legal skills.
  • 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: Tom Epperson
Triple: [Call Me Claus, writer, Tom Epperson]
Generated description
Tom Epperson is an American screenwriter and novelist known for his frequent collaborations with filmmaker Billy Bob Thornton on crime and drama films.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Epperson
Target entity description: Tom Epperson is an American screenwriter and novelist known for his frequent collaborations with filmmaker Billy Bob Thornton on crime and drama films.
  • A. Tom Epperson chosen
    Tom Epperson is an American screenwriter and novelist best known for his frequent collaborations with Billy Bob Thornton on gritty crime dramas.
  • B. Jerry Scoggins
    Jerry Scoggins was an American country and western singer best known for performing the theme song to the classic television sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies."
  • C. Joe Erwin
    Joe Erwin is an American businessman and sports executive best known as the founder and owner of the Greenville Triumph SC professional soccer club.
  • D. Rod Tidwell
    Rod Tidwell is a charismatic, outspoken professional football player in the film "Jerry Maguire," best known for his demand to "show me the money."
  • E. Jerry Espenson
    Jerry Espenson is a socially awkward but brilliant attorney with Asperger’s syndrome from the television series "Boston Legal," known for his eccentric behavior and exceptional legal skills.
  • F. None of above.

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_69e0c46a6ee481908836e1420fb78c9b completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ef96cfaab08190b400e1538afc8c43 completed April 27, 2026, 5:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a24a6c5c88190912f4792a2ec7504 completed May 17, 2026, 8:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a25e3f88c8190b9e45419c281f781 completed May 17, 2026, 8:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a26ad254081908be75936046e23ca completed May 17, 2026, 8:35 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:44 p.m.