Triple

T11048496
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Lord of the Rings (1978 film) E261187 entity
Predicate editedBy P1954 FINISHED
Object Donald W. Ernst
Donald W. Ernst is an American film editor and producer best known for his work on animated and fantasy films, including the 1978 adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.
E992240 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: Donald W. Ernst | Statement: [The Lord of the Rings (1978 film), editedBy, Donald W. Ernst]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald W. Ernst
Context triple: [The Lord of the Rings (1978 film), editedBy, Donald W. Ernst]
  • A. Brian H. Dierker
    Brian H. Dierker is an American river guide and actor best known for his supporting role as Rainey in the film "Into the Wild."
  • B. Jonathan I. Coddington
    Jonathan I. Coddington is an American arachnologist and biodiversity scientist known for his research on spider systematics and his leadership roles at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History.
  • C. Frank P. Keller
    Frank P. Keller is a film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on the 1968 action film "Bullitt."
  • D. Stephen K. Robinson
    Stephen K. Robinson is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and conducted spacewalks to help assemble and repair the International Space Station.
  • E. Charles J.D. Schlissel
    Charles J.D. Schlissel is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood thrillers such as "Flightplan."
  • 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: Donald W. Ernst
Triple: [The Lord of the Rings (1978 film), editedBy, Donald W. Ernst]
Generated description
Donald W. Ernst is an American film editor and producer best known for his work on animated and fantasy films, including the 1978 adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald W. Ernst
Target entity description: Donald W. Ernst is an American film editor and producer best known for his work on animated and fantasy films, including the 1978 adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.
  • A. Brian H. Dierker
    Brian H. Dierker is an American river guide and actor best known for his supporting role as Rainey in the film "Into the Wild."
  • B. Jonathan I. Coddington
    Jonathan I. Coddington is an American arachnologist and biodiversity scientist known for his research on spider systematics and his leadership roles at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History.
  • C. Frank P. Keller
    Frank P. Keller is a film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on the 1968 action film "Bullitt."
  • D. Stephen K. Robinson
    Stephen K. Robinson is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and conducted spacewalks to help assemble and repair the International Space Station.
  • E. Charles J.D. Schlissel
    Charles J.D. Schlissel is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood thrillers such as "Flightplan."
  • 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_69d6aa98650481908609c7c56bfa7902 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d79867fa28819094f564273e3ef51d completed April 9, 2026, 12:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f65e9136bc8190b35685376da7007e completed May 2, 2026, 8:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f660bc541c8190a4d1d7a4cc959ecf completed May 2, 2026, 8:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6617997188190bfce14c54619af7f completed May 2, 2026, 8:41 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:26 p.m.