Triple
T1223058
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Way We Were |
E26267
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack was an American film director, producer, and actor known for acclaimed movies such as "Out of Africa," "Tootsie," and "The Firm."
|
E152438
|
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: Sydney Pollack | Statement: [The Way We Were, director, Sydney Pollack]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sydney Pollack Context triple: [The Way We Were, director, Sydney Pollack]
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A.
Barry Levinson
Barry Levinson is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for directing acclaimed films such as "Rain Man," "Diner," and "Good Morning, Vietnam."
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B.
Jonathan Demme
Jonathan Demme was an American film director best known for his eclectic body of work, including the Oscar-winning thriller "The Silence of the Lambs" and acclaimed music documentaries like "Stop Making Sense."
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C.
Alan Parker
Alan Parker was a renowned British film director, producer, and screenwriter known for acclaimed works such as "Midnight Express," "Fame," and "Mississippi Burning."
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D.
Blake Edwards
Blake Edwards was an American filmmaker best known for his stylish comedies and classics like the Pink Panther series and Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
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E.
Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols was an acclaimed American film and theater director known for influential works like "The Graduate" and his sharp, character-driven storytelling that helped define a generation of cinema.
- 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: Sydney Pollack Triple: [The Way We Were, director, Sydney Pollack]
Generated description
Sydney Pollack was an American film director, producer, and actor known for acclaimed movies such as "Out of Africa," "Tootsie," and "The Firm."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sydney Pollack Target entity description: Sydney Pollack was an American film director, producer, and actor known for acclaimed movies such as "Out of Africa," "Tootsie," and "The Firm."
-
A.
Barry Levinson
Barry Levinson is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for directing acclaimed films such as "Rain Man," "Diner," and "Good Morning, Vietnam."
-
B.
Jonathan Demme
Jonathan Demme was an American film director best known for his eclectic body of work, including the Oscar-winning thriller "The Silence of the Lambs" and acclaimed music documentaries like "Stop Making Sense."
-
C.
Alan Parker
Alan Parker was a renowned British film director, producer, and screenwriter known for acclaimed works such as "Midnight Express," "Fame," and "Mississippi Burning."
-
D.
Blake Edwards
Blake Edwards was an American filmmaker best known for his stylish comedies and classics like the Pink Panther series and Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
-
E.
Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols was an acclaimed American film and theater director known for influential works like "The Graduate" and his sharp, character-driven storytelling that helped define a generation of cinema.
- 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_69a49484688c8190a1bf285eb396a8b6 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4be21a2bc819094b47580d7c5cdf8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acbf1a58248190a270ae5baa18d0d6 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:13 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acc0ea3ee88190a7938f07d508ed9e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:20 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acc13d2168819090bb9d68180b2699 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:22 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.