Triple
T1216224
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thelma Ritter |
E26111
|
entity |
| Predicate | workedWith |
P398
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Douglas Sirk
Douglas Sirk was a German-born film director best known for his lush, emotionally charged Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s, such as "All That Heaven Allows" and "Imitation of Life."
|
E205407
|
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: Douglas Sirk | Statement: [Thelma Ritter, workedWith, Douglas Sirk]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas Sirk Context triple: [Thelma Ritter, workedWith, Douglas Sirk]
-
A.
George Sidney
George Sidney was an American film director best known for his lavish MGM musicals and comedies during Hollywood’s Golden Age, including classics like "Anchors Aweigh" and "Show Boat."
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B.
Mervyn LeRoy
Mervyn LeRoy was an American film director and producer known for his influential work in classic Hollywood cinema, including a key role in bringing "The Wizard of Oz" to the screen.
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C.
Vincente Minnelli
Vincente Minnelli was an American film director best known for his visually distinctive and influential Hollywood musicals, including classics like "An American in Paris" and "Gigi."
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D.
Valentine Fleming
Valentine Fleming was a British Conservative politician and World War I officer whose death in action left a lasting impact on his family, including his son, author Ian Fleming.
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E.
George Cukor
George Cukor was an acclaimed American film director of Hollywood’s Golden Age, renowned for his sophisticated literary adaptations and for directing classic films such as “The Philadelphia Story” and “My Fair Lady.”
- 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: Douglas Sirk Triple: [Thelma Ritter, workedWith, Douglas Sirk]
Generated description
Douglas Sirk was a German-born film director best known for his lush, emotionally charged Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s, such as "All That Heaven Allows" and "Imitation of Life."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas Sirk Target entity description: Douglas Sirk was a German-born film director best known for his lush, emotionally charged Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s, such as "All That Heaven Allows" and "Imitation of Life."
-
A.
George Sidney
George Sidney was an American film director best known for his lavish MGM musicals and comedies during Hollywood’s Golden Age, including classics like "Anchors Aweigh" and "Show Boat."
-
B.
Mervyn LeRoy
Mervyn LeRoy was an American film director and producer known for his influential work in classic Hollywood cinema, including a key role in bringing "The Wizard of Oz" to the screen.
-
C.
Vincente Minnelli
Vincente Minnelli was an American film director best known for his visually distinctive and influential Hollywood musicals, including classics like "An American in Paris" and "Gigi."
-
D.
Valentine Fleming
Valentine Fleming was a British Conservative politician and World War I officer whose death in action left a lasting impact on his family, including his son, author Ian Fleming.
-
E.
George Cukor
George Cukor was an acclaimed American film director of Hollywood’s Golden Age, renowned for his sophisticated literary adaptations and for directing classic films such as “The Philadelphia Story” and “My Fair Lady.”
- 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_69a4948331fc8190b531ac9bec71c491 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4be059c5c8190a200f09442c22334 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adc97fe2808190b421329ed239af6f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:09 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adcaed1f788190b14c3e2d2c3036d9 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:15 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adcbee97e88190adc1315c0a5013ab |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:46 p.m.