Triple
T11405001
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Elmer Gantry |
E270213
|
entity |
| Predicate | cinematographyBy |
P1953
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Alton |
E573847
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: John Alton | Statement: [Elmer Gantry, cinematographyBy, John Alton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Alton Context triple: [Elmer Gantry, cinematographyBy, John Alton]
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A.
John Alton
chosen
John Alton was a renowned American cinematographer celebrated for his innovative, high-contrast lighting and influential work in film noir and classic Hollywood cinema.
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B.
Thomas Del Ruth
Thomas Del Ruth is an American cinematographer known for his work on acclaimed films and television series, including the coming-of-age drama "Stand by Me."
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C.
George Aldrich
George Aldrich is a NASA contamination control specialist known for his long career testing materials for off-gassing to ensure astronaut safety on space missions.
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D.
Gerald Ayres
Gerald Ayres was an American film producer and screenwriter known for his work on influential 1970s films, including collaborations with director Hal Ashby.
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E.
Herbert Brenon
Herbert Brenon was an Irish-born American film director prominent in the silent era, known for adapting major literary works and staging visually ambitious productions.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6aaddeaa8819088b30ef7b50598c9 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8014c820c81908538ba4a08e13230 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e5b834cee48190ac09c1e1df4c12d0 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 5:23 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.