Triple

T11394108
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Once in a Lifetime (1932 film) E269921 entity
Predicate director P255 FINISHED
Object Russell Mack
Russell Mack was an American film director active in early Hollywood, best known for his work on 1930s comedies and stage-to-screen adaptations.
E925163 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: Russell Mack | Statement: [Once in a Lifetime (1932 film), director, Russell Mack]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Russell Mack
Context triple: [Once in a Lifetime (1932 film), director, Russell Mack]
  • A. Martin Boddey
    Martin Boddey was a British character actor known for his frequent supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television, often portraying authority figures such as policemen and officials.
  • B. David MacQueen
    David MacQueen is a computer scientist known for his influential work on the design and formal definition of the Standard ML programming language.
  • C. George McCorquodale
    George McCorquodale is a member of the British aristocratic Spencer family and a nephew of Diana, Princess of Wales.
  • D. James Kean
    James Kean is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Kean, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly established.
  • E. Robert McMillan
    Robert McMillan was a historical figure known as the original owner of the ship Balclutha, a notable sailing vessel from the late 19th century.
  • 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: Russell Mack
Triple: [Once in a Lifetime (1932 film), director, Russell Mack]
Generated description
Russell Mack was an American film director active in early Hollywood, best known for his work on 1930s comedies and stage-to-screen adaptations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Russell Mack
Target entity description: Russell Mack was an American film director active in early Hollywood, best known for his work on 1930s comedies and stage-to-screen adaptations.
  • A. Martin Boddey
    Martin Boddey was a British character actor known for his frequent supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television, often portraying authority figures such as policemen and officials.
  • B. David MacQueen
    David MacQueen is a computer scientist known for his influential work on the design and formal definition of the Standard ML programming language.
  • C. George McCorquodale
    George McCorquodale is a member of the British aristocratic Spencer family and a nephew of Diana, Princess of Wales.
  • D. James Kean
    James Kean is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Kean, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly established.
  • E. Robert McMillan
    Robert McMillan was a historical figure known as the original owner of the ship Balclutha, a notable sailing vessel from the late 19th century.
  • 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_69d6aacdbc6c8190af6dc3d5f5d22836 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d80018a58c81908b80dc9abd18d650 completed April 9, 2026, 7:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e5b8250c288190b5bff70f7445b815 completed April 20, 2026, 5:22 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e5c289b5ac81909bdaec61a66f6654 completed April 20, 2026, 6:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e5c43f4b4c8190aeae600364d2e4ac completed April 20, 2026, 6:14 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.