Triple

T11499038
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shrek 2 E272615 entity
Predicate cinematographyBy P1953 FINISHED
Object David B. Allen
David B. Allen is a cinematographer best known for his work on the animated film "Shrek 2."
 E929289 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: David B. Allen | Statement: [Shrek 2, cinematographyBy, David B. Allen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David B. Allen
Context triple: [Shrek 2, cinematographyBy, David B. Allen]
  • A. Dave Bickler
    Dave Bickler is an American rock singer best known as the original lead vocalist of the band Survivor and for singing their hit song "Eye of the Tiger."
  • B. John Cagan
    John Cagan is the namesake of Cagan Stadium, likely a significant benefactor or figure associated with the institution that owns the venue.
  • C. Warren DeMartini
    Warren DeMartini is an American guitarist best known as the lead guitarist for the glam metal band Ratt, where his melodic, technically skilled playing helped define the group’s signature sound in the 1980s.
  • D. Gordon Bell
    Gordon Bell is an American computer engineer and pioneer in computer architecture, best known for his influential work at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and contributions to minicomputer and bus design.
  • E. Douglas Davenport
    Douglas Davenport is a brilliant but morally ambiguous scientist and the primary antagonist-turned-ally in the Disney XD series "Lab Rats."
  • 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: David B. Allen
Triple: [Shrek 2, cinematographyBy, David B. Allen]
Generated description
David B. Allen is a cinematographer best known for his work on the animated film "Shrek 2."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David B. Allen
Target entity description: David B. Allen is a cinematographer best known for his work on the animated film "Shrek 2."
  • A. Dave Bickler
    Dave Bickler is an American rock singer best known as the original lead vocalist of the band Survivor and for singing their hit song "Eye of the Tiger."
  • B. John Cagan
    John Cagan is the namesake of Cagan Stadium, likely a significant benefactor or figure associated with the institution that owns the venue.
  • C. Warren DeMartini
    Warren DeMartini is an American guitarist best known as the lead guitarist for the glam metal band Ratt, where his melodic, technically skilled playing helped define the group’s signature sound in the 1980s.
  • D. Gordon Bell
    Gordon Bell is an American computer engineer and pioneer in computer architecture, best known for his influential work at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and contributions to minicomputer and bus design.
  • E. Douglas Davenport
    Douglas Davenport is a brilliant but morally ambiguous scientist and the primary antagonist-turned-ally in the Disney XD series "Lab Rats."
  • 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_69d6aae1b09881909ce2ded3fa0c14fa completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d85de27db081909ccdb4ab0ef75bdb completed April 10, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e604aa9e3c8190ad86e4d05a67c8ac completed April 20, 2026, 10:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e610a82c308190927158dbd566b0d4 completed April 20, 2026, 11:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e61853a3b48190b0d132761e9be69c completed April 20, 2026, 12:13 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:36 p.m.