Triple

T1140637
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Birth of a Nation E23441 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Frank E. Woods
Frank E. Woods was an early American screenwriter and film critic best known for his influential work in the silent film era, including collaborations with director D. W. Griffith.
E445352 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: Frank E. Woods | Statement: [The Birth of a Nation, screenwriter, Frank E. Woods]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank E. Woods
Context triple: [The Birth of a Nation, screenwriter, Frank E. Woods]
  • A. Charles R. Boling
    Charles R. Boling was a prominent supporter and benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose contributions led to the major campus venue Thompson–Boling Arena bearing his name.
  • B. Charles S. Hamlin
    Charles S. Hamlin was an American lawyer and public official who became the first chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, helping to establish the early framework of U.S. central banking policy.
  • C. Ralph E. Winters
    Ralph E. Winters was an Academy Award–winning Canadian-American film editor known for his work on numerous major Hollywood films throughout the mid-20th century.
  • D. Vernon L. Walker
    Vernon L. Walker was an American cinematographer and visual effects artist best known for his pioneering work on early Hollywood fantasy and adventure films, including the original 1933 King Kong.
  • E. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • 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: Frank E. Woods
Triple: [The Birth of a Nation, screenwriter, Frank E. Woods]
Generated description
Frank E. Woods was an early American screenwriter and film critic best known for his influential work in the silent film era, including collaborations with director D. W. Griffith.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank E. Woods
Target entity description: Frank E. Woods was an early American screenwriter and film critic best known for his influential work in the silent film era, including collaborations with director D. W. Griffith.
  • A. Charles R. Boling
    Charles R. Boling was a prominent supporter and benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose contributions led to the major campus venue Thompson–Boling Arena bearing his name.
  • B. Charles S. Hamlin
    Charles S. Hamlin was an American lawyer and public official who became the first chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, helping to establish the early framework of U.S. central banking policy.
  • C. Ralph E. Winters
    Ralph E. Winters was an Academy Award–winning Canadian-American film editor known for his work on numerous major Hollywood films throughout the mid-20th century.
  • D. Vernon L. Walker
    Vernon L. Walker was an American cinematographer and visual effects artist best known for his pioneering work on early Hollywood fantasy and adventure films, including the original 1933 King Kong.
  • E. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • 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_69a493ef399c8190b04b9146d2314f59 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bc290ae08190afbf7e7ea2100d9e completed March 1, 2026, 10:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69badb06ddac8190a70d72b491de59c8 completed March 18, 2026, 5:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69baf4d32d048190b827d99ebeef074b completed March 18, 2026, 6:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69baf57a7728819095b29d0dc8b3e37e completed March 18, 2026, 6:56 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.