Triple
T1140668
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Birth of a Nation |
E23441
|
entity |
| Predicate | stars |
P1956
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
George Siegmann
George Siegmann was an American silent film actor known for his powerful character roles, including a prominent part in D.W. Griffith’s landmark film "The Birth of a Nation."
|
E277641
|
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: George Siegmann | Statement: [The Birth of a Nation, stars, George Siegmann]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Siegmann Context triple: [The Birth of a Nation, stars, George Siegmann]
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A.
John Carl Warnecke
John Carl Warnecke was a prominent American architect known for his influential modernist designs and his role in shaping mid-20th-century civic and memorial architecture in the United States.
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B.
Walter Naegle
Walter Naegle is an American activist and archivist best known as the longtime partner and estate executor of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin.
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C.
George Boemler
George Boemler was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy "High Society."
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D.
William Sachse
William Sachse was a 19th-century Texas pioneer and landowner after whom the city of Sachse, Texas, is named.
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E.
Erich Rothacker
Erich Rothacker was a German philosopher and cultural theorist known for his work in philosophical anthropology and the humanities, and for supervising Jürgen Habermas’s doctoral studies.
- 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: George Siegmann Triple: [The Birth of a Nation, stars, George Siegmann]
Generated description
George Siegmann was an American silent film actor known for his powerful character roles, including a prominent part in D.W. Griffith’s landmark film "The Birth of a Nation."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Siegmann Target entity description: George Siegmann was an American silent film actor known for his powerful character roles, including a prominent part in D.W. Griffith’s landmark film "The Birth of a Nation."
-
A.
John Carl Warnecke
John Carl Warnecke was a prominent American architect known for his influential modernist designs and his role in shaping mid-20th-century civic and memorial architecture in the United States.
-
B.
Walter Naegle
Walter Naegle is an American activist and archivist best known as the longtime partner and estate executor of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin.
-
C.
George Boemler
George Boemler was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy "High Society."
-
D.
William Sachse
William Sachse was a 19th-century Texas pioneer and landowner after whom the city of Sachse, Texas, is named.
-
E.
Erich Rothacker
Erich Rothacker was a German philosopher and cultural theorist known for his work in philosophical anthropology and the humanities, and for supervising Jürgen Habermas’s doctoral studies.
- 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_69af5ca0ede48190b2c45761a3f92517 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:49 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69af5f3ca94c8190a316b507dcec4599 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 12:01 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69af5fa4d13481908d0dac97dff14cc4 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 12:02 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.