Triple

T9041500
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thunder Road (1958 film) E216640 entity
Predicate storyBy P1955 FINISHED
Object James Atlee Phillips
James Atlee Phillips was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his crime and adventure stories, including the story that inspired the 1958 film "Thunder Road."
E775168 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: James Atlee Phillips | Statement: [Thunder Road (1958 film), storyBy, James Atlee Phillips]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Atlee Phillips
Context triple: [Thunder Road (1958 film), storyBy, James Atlee Phillips]
  • A. Joseph C. Phillips
    Joseph C. Phillips is an American actor and conservative commentator best known for his role as Lt. Martin Kendall on the television sitcom "The Cosby Show."
  • B. Phillip Reed
    Phillip Reed was an American film and television actor active primarily in the mid-20th century, known for his roles in crime dramas and adventure films.
  • C. Oliver McLanahan Phillips
    Oliver McLanahan Phillips is one of the twin sons of American actress Julie Bowen.
  • D. John Archer Elmore
    John Archer Elmore was an American Revolutionary War officer and early Alabama political figure after whom Elmore County, Alabama, is named.
  • E. Dennis Phillips
    Dennis Phillips is a character from the television series "Soap," known primarily as a romantic partner of Jodie Dallas in the show's groundbreaking portrayal of LGBTQ+ relationships.
  • 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: James Atlee Phillips
Triple: [Thunder Road (1958 film), storyBy, James Atlee Phillips]
Generated description
James Atlee Phillips was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his crime and adventure stories, including the story that inspired the 1958 film "Thunder Road."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Atlee Phillips
Target entity description: James Atlee Phillips was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his crime and adventure stories, including the story that inspired the 1958 film "Thunder Road."
  • A. Joseph C. Phillips
    Joseph C. Phillips is an American actor and conservative commentator best known for his role as Lt. Martin Kendall on the television sitcom "The Cosby Show."
  • B. Phillip Reed
    Phillip Reed was an American film and television actor active primarily in the mid-20th century, known for his roles in crime dramas and adventure films.
  • C. Oliver McLanahan Phillips
    Oliver McLanahan Phillips is one of the twin sons of American actress Julie Bowen.
  • D. John Archer Elmore
    John Archer Elmore was an American Revolutionary War officer and early Alabama political figure after whom Elmore County, Alabama, is named.
  • E. Dennis Phillips
    Dennis Phillips is a character from the television series "Soap," known primarily as a romantic partner of Jodie Dallas in the show's groundbreaking portrayal of LGBTQ+ relationships.
  • 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_69ca83d22d488190adbce5e020e9cd1d completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc6b110fcc8190a09e8ac5d98e399e completed April 1, 2026, 12:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfeb98e6008190a73c76c50aa7ed23 completed April 3, 2026, 4:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfeccb612881908d57fffa968c605a completed April 3, 2026, 4:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfeef92dc08190b85694a79e1f905d completed April 3, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:09 p.m.