Triple

T13883851
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The March of Time E333786 entity
Predicate firstFilmDistributor P52441 FINISHED
Object First Division Pictures
First Division Pictures was an early American film distribution company known for handling releases such as the influential newsreel series "The March of Time."
E1068649 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: First Division Pictures | Statement: [The March of Time, firstFilmDistributor, First Division Pictures]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: First Division Pictures
Context triple: [The March of Time, firstFilmDistributor, First Division Pictures]
  • A. Samedi Division
    Samedi Division is a judicial division of the Royal Court of Jersey that primarily handles serious civil and criminal matters.
  • B. A Division
    A Division is the group of New York City Subway lines that use the system’s original, narrower IRT-sized rolling stock and infrastructure.
  • C. Five & Two Pictures
    Five & Two Pictures is a film distribution company known for handling releases of faith-based and family-oriented movies.
  • D. Pictures from an Institution
    Pictures from an Institution is a satirical campus novel by poet and critic Randall Jarrell that portrays the eccentricities of academic life at a small women's college.
  • E. Trans-Radial Pictures
    Trans-Radial Pictures is a film production company known for working on projects such as the heist comedy "Logan Lucky."
  • 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: First Division Pictures
Triple: [The March of Time, firstFilmDistributor, First Division Pictures]
Generated description
First Division Pictures was an early American film distribution company known for handling releases such as the influential newsreel series "The March of Time."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: First Division Pictures
Target entity description: First Division Pictures was an early American film distribution company known for handling releases such as the influential newsreel series "The March of Time."
  • A. Samedi Division
    Samedi Division is a judicial division of the Royal Court of Jersey that primarily handles serious civil and criminal matters.
  • B. A Division
    A Division is the group of New York City Subway lines that use the system’s original, narrower IRT-sized rolling stock and infrastructure.
  • C. Five & Two Pictures
    Five & Two Pictures is a film distribution company known for handling releases of faith-based and family-oriented movies.
  • D. Pictures from an Institution
    Pictures from an Institution is a satirical campus novel by poet and critic Randall Jarrell that portrays the eccentricities of academic life at a small women's college.
  • E. Trans-Radial Pictures
    Trans-Radial Pictures is a film production company known for working on projects such as the heist comedy "Logan Lucky."
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: firstFilmDistributor
Context triple: [The March of Time, firstFilmDistributor, First Division Pictures]
  • A. firstProductionCompany
    Indicates that the related entity is the primary or earliest production company associated with a work or project.
  • B. distributorOfFirstAppearance chosen
    Indicates that an entity served as the distributor for another entity’s first appearance or initial release.
  • C. distributorOfDepictingWork
    Indicates that an entity is the distributor of a work (such as a film, book, or image) in which another entity is depicted.
  • D. distributorOfWorkAppearedIn
    Indicates that one entity is the distributor responsible for releasing or making available a particular work in which another entity appeared.
  • E. firstMajorProductionCompany
    Indicates the relationship where a production company is identified as the first major company to produce or back a given work or project.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69d81c5dd2d48190b7a5fc1e009de936 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de23a101488190bd790b28033d38b9 completed April 14, 2026, 11:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7c71419b481908a3ef80abec1bf23 completed May 3, 2026, 10:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7c868bdfc8190a13379363d01568d completed May 3, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7c9732d188190a8a7151d21e0a310 completed May 3, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69de05972f3881909977b4c843984f88 completed April 14, 2026, 9:15 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:15 p.m.