Triple
T1201111
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Viva Villa! |
E25782
|
entity |
| Predicate | cinematographyBy |
P1953
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Wong Howe
James Wong Howe was a pioneering Chinese-American cinematographer renowned for his innovative camera techniques and influential visual style in classic Hollywood cinema.
|
E152920
|
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: James Wong Howe | Statement: [Viva Villa!, cinematographyBy, James Wong Howe]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Wong Howe Context triple: [Viva Villa!, cinematographyBy, James Wong Howe]
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A.
Rance Howard
Rance Howard was an American character actor known for his extensive work in film and television and as the patriarch of the Howard acting and directing family.
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B.
Lew Ayres
Lew Ayres was an American actor best known for his starring role in the anti-war film "All Quiet on the Western Front" and for his long-running portrayal of Dr. Kildare.
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C.
Louis Calhern
Louis Calhern was an American stage and film actor known for his sophisticated character roles in classic Hollywood cinema, including notable performances in films like "The Asphalt Jungle" and "Julius Caesar."
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D.
Roy Harlow
Roy Harlow was the husband of silent film actress Marie Mosquini, known primarily in relation to her career in early American cinema.
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E.
Eddie Bracken
Eddie Bracken was an American comedic actor known for his roles in 1940s and 1950s film comedies and Broadway productions.
- 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: James Wong Howe Triple: [Viva Villa!, cinematographyBy, James Wong Howe]
Generated description
James Wong Howe was a pioneering Chinese-American cinematographer renowned for his innovative camera techniques and influential visual style in classic Hollywood cinema.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Wong Howe Target entity description: James Wong Howe was a pioneering Chinese-American cinematographer renowned for his innovative camera techniques and influential visual style in classic Hollywood cinema.
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A.
Rance Howard
Rance Howard was an American character actor known for his extensive work in film and television and as the patriarch of the Howard acting and directing family.
-
B.
Lew Ayres
Lew Ayres was an American actor best known for his starring role in the anti-war film "All Quiet on the Western Front" and for his long-running portrayal of Dr. Kildare.
-
C.
Louis Calhern
Louis Calhern was an American stage and film actor known for his sophisticated character roles in classic Hollywood cinema, including notable performances in films like "The Asphalt Jungle" and "Julius Caesar."
-
D.
Roy Harlow
Roy Harlow was the husband of silent film actress Marie Mosquini, known primarily in relation to her career in early American cinema.
-
E.
Eddie Bracken
Eddie Bracken was an American comedic actor known for his roles in 1940s and 1950s film comedies and Broadway productions.
- 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_69a49429f5ec8190a6a205eb0ae81e5e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bd9fece4819089a6a2d61e61fa2e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acbf17a0cc819086da05f419e63e5a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:13 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acbfa308148190a27f5433abcb2a18 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:15 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acc0912bf481909bd27111b4daaa0b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:19 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:46 p.m.