Triple
T1140663
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Birth of a Nation |
E23441
|
entity |
| Predicate | stars |
P1956
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish was a pioneering American film actress whose expressive performances in silent cinema, particularly in collaborations with director D.W. Griffith, earned her the title "First Lady of American Cinema."
|
E166491
|
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: Lillian Gish | Statement: [The Birth of a Nation, stars, Lillian Gish]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lillian Gish Context triple: [The Birth of a Nation, stars, Lillian Gish]
-
A.
Agnes Moorehead
Agnes Moorehead was an American actress renowned for her powerful character roles in film, radio, and television, notably in Orson Welles’s Mercury Theatre and as Endora on the TV series "Bewitched."
-
B.
Dorothy McGuire
Dorothy McGuire was an American film and stage actress known for her sensitive, understated performances in classic mid-20th-century Hollywood dramas.
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C.
Fay Bainter
Fay Bainter was an American stage and film actress, active from the silent era through the mid-20th century, who became one of the first performers to receive Academy Award nominations in both the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories in the same year.
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D.
Thelma Ritter
Thelma Ritter was an acclaimed American character actress known for her sharp-tongued, humorous supporting roles in classic mid-20th-century films and for receiving multiple Academy Award nominations.
-
E.
Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford was a pioneering Canadian-American silent film actress, producer, and co-founder of United Artists, often called "America's Sweetheart" and regarded as one of early Hollywood's most influential stars.
- 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: Lillian Gish Triple: [The Birth of a Nation, stars, Lillian Gish]
Generated description
Lillian Gish was a pioneering American film actress whose expressive performances in silent cinema, particularly in collaborations with director D.W. Griffith, earned her the title "First Lady of American Cinema."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lillian Gish Target entity description: Lillian Gish was a pioneering American film actress whose expressive performances in silent cinema, particularly in collaborations with director D.W. Griffith, earned her the title "First Lady of American Cinema."
-
A.
Agnes Moorehead
Agnes Moorehead was an American actress renowned for her powerful character roles in film, radio, and television, notably in Orson Welles’s Mercury Theatre and as Endora on the TV series "Bewitched."
-
B.
Dorothy McGuire
Dorothy McGuire was an American film and stage actress known for her sensitive, understated performances in classic mid-20th-century Hollywood dramas.
-
C.
Fay Bainter
Fay Bainter was an American stage and film actress, active from the silent era through the mid-20th century, who became one of the first performers to receive Academy Award nominations in both the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories in the same year.
-
D.
Thelma Ritter
Thelma Ritter was an acclaimed American character actress known for her sharp-tongued, humorous supporting roles in classic mid-20th-century films and for receiving multiple Academy Award nominations.
-
E.
Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford was a pioneering Canadian-American silent film actress, producer, and co-founder of United Artists, often called "America's Sweetheart" and regarded as one of early Hollywood's most influential stars.
- 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_69ad0e5bc6348190a0d23fe269707e1b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:51 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad0eff5f7c81908e9bfdeb1819aa2a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:54 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad0f5c864c8190874a413ac67ba43a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:55 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.