Triple

T1262901
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject RKO Radio Pictures E12537 entity
Predicate collaboratedWith P435 FINISHED
Object Val Lewton
Val Lewton was a Russian-born American film producer best known for his influential low-budget horror films of the 1940s, including classics like "Cat People" and "I Walked with a Zombie."
E151518 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: Val Lewton | Statement: [RKO Radio Pictures, collaboratedWith, Val Lewton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Val Lewton
Context triple: [RKO Radio Pictures, collaboratedWith, Val Lewton]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Norman Taurog
    Norman Taurog was an American film director best known for his prolific work in Hollywood comedies and musicals, including several films with stars like Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, and later Elvis Presley.
  • C. Samuel Fuller
    Samuel Fuller was an English physician and prominent Pilgrim who sailed on the Mayflower and served as the chief doctor for the Plymouth Colony.
  • D. Richard Barthelmess
    Richard Barthelmess was a prominent American silent and early sound film actor, best known for his emotionally nuanced performances in classics of the 1920s and 1930s.
  • E. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
    Joseph L. Mankiewicz was an acclaimed American screenwriter, producer, and director known for his sophisticated, dialogue-driven films and multiple Academy Awards, including those for writing and directing.
  • 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: Val Lewton
Triple: [RKO Radio Pictures, collaboratedWith, Val Lewton]
Generated description
Val Lewton was a Russian-born American film producer best known for his influential low-budget horror films of the 1940s, including classics like "Cat People" and "I Walked with a Zombie."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Val Lewton
Target entity description: Val Lewton was a Russian-born American film producer best known for his influential low-budget horror films of the 1940s, including classics like "Cat People" and "I Walked with a Zombie."
  • A. 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.
  • B. Norman Taurog
    Norman Taurog was an American film director best known for his prolific work in Hollywood comedies and musicals, including several films with stars like Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, and later Elvis Presley.
  • C. Samuel Fuller
    Samuel Fuller was an English physician and prominent Pilgrim who sailed on the Mayflower and served as the chief doctor for the Plymouth Colony.
  • D. Richard Barthelmess
    Richard Barthelmess was a prominent American silent and early sound film actor, best known for his emotionally nuanced performances in classics of the 1920s and 1930s.
  • E. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
    Joseph L. Mankiewicz was an acclaimed American screenwriter, producer, and director known for his sophisticated, dialogue-driven films and multiple Academy Awards, including those for writing and directing.
  • 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_69a4933352e08190ac617291985e76c0 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bfc77f4c8190b97a0ceaa31cfd49 completed March 1, 2026, 10:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acbf1c90608190a0fa4d3722897966 completed March 8, 2026, 12:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acbfc03f20819089a025fc745c9203 completed March 8, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acc0282080819087676813c2852a96 completed March 8, 2026, 12:17 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:50 p.m.