Triple
T1140667
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Birth of a Nation |
E23441
|
entity |
| Predicate | stars |
P1956
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ralph Lewis
Ralph Lewis was an American silent film actor best known for his prominent role in D. W. Griffith’s landmark 1915 film "The Birth of a Nation."
|
E148395
|
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: Ralph Lewis | Statement: [The Birth of a Nation, stars, Ralph Lewis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ralph Lewis Context triple: [The Birth of a Nation, stars, Ralph Lewis]
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A.
Harold McLernon
Harold McLernon was a film editor known for his work on early sound-era movies, including the 1928 musical drama "The Singing Fool."
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B.
Clifton Daniel
Clifton Daniel was an American newspaper editor and managing editor of The New York Times, known also as the son-in-law of U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
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C.
Jeffrey Jones
Jeffrey Jones is an American character actor best known for his roles in films such as "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "Beetlejuice," and "Amadeus."
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D.
Roger Brown
Roger Brown was a professional basketball player best known for his scoring and rebounding in the American Basketball Association during the 1970s.
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E.
Ralph Riggs
Ralph Riggs was an American stage actor best known for his work in mid-20th-century Broadway musicals, including originating a role in the landmark Rodgers and Hammerstein show "Oklahoma!".
- 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: Ralph Lewis Triple: [The Birth of a Nation, stars, Ralph Lewis]
Generated description
Ralph Lewis was an American silent film actor best known for his prominent role in D. W. Griffith’s landmark 1915 film "The Birth of a Nation."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ralph Lewis Target entity description: Ralph Lewis was an American silent film actor best known for his prominent role in D. W. Griffith’s landmark 1915 film "The Birth of a Nation."
-
A.
Harold McLernon
Harold McLernon was a film editor known for his work on early sound-era movies, including the 1928 musical drama "The Singing Fool."
-
B.
Clifton Daniel
Clifton Daniel was an American newspaper editor and managing editor of The New York Times, known also as the son-in-law of U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
-
C.
Jeffrey Jones
Jeffrey Jones is an American character actor best known for his roles in films such as "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "Beetlejuice," and "Amadeus."
-
D.
Roger Brown
Roger Brown was a professional basketball player best known for his scoring and rebounding in the American Basketball Association during the 1970s.
-
E.
Ralph Riggs
Ralph Riggs was an American stage actor best known for his work in mid-20th-century Broadway musicals, including originating a role in the landmark Rodgers and Hammerstein show "Oklahoma!".
- 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_69acb2f3df34819090d942aad0a409fa |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:21 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acb364f2d88190b20ad87001349562 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:23 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acb3ce7720819095558536e0a978b8 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:25 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.