Triple

T1438016
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject All the President’s Men E31000 entity
Predicate cinematographyBy P1953 FINISHED
Object Gordon Willis
Gordon Willis was an influential American cinematographer, often called the "Prince of Darkness," renowned for his innovative use of shadow and light in films such as The Godfather series and Annie Hall.
 E166299 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: Gordon Willis | Statement: [All the President’s Men, cinematographyBy, Gordon Willis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gordon Willis
Context triple: [All the President’s Men, cinematographyBy, Gordon Willis]
  • A. Haskell Wexler
    Haskell Wexler was an acclaimed American cinematographer and filmmaker known for his innovative visual style and influential work on both narrative features and political documentaries.
  • B. Gregg Toland
    Gregg Toland was a pioneering American cinematographer renowned for his innovative deep-focus and lighting techniques, most famously showcased in Orson Welles's film "Citizen Kane."
  • C. Conrad L. Hall
    Conrad L. Hall was an acclaimed American cinematographer renowned for his innovative visual style and multiple Academy Award–winning work on films such as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "American Beauty," and "Road to Perdition."
  • D. Robby Müller
    Robby Müller was a renowned Dutch cinematographer celebrated for his innovative, naturalistic visual style in films by directors such as Wim Wenders and Jim Jarmusch.
  • E. Harold Rosson
    Harold Rosson was an American cinematographer best known for his pioneering Technicolor work on classic Hollywood films, including the 1939 musical fantasy "The Wizard of Oz."
  • 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: Gordon Willis
Triple: [All the President’s Men, cinematographyBy, Gordon Willis]
Generated description
Gordon Willis was an influential American cinematographer, often called the "Prince of Darkness," renowned for his innovative use of shadow and light in films such as The Godfather series and Annie Hall.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gordon Willis
Target entity description: Gordon Willis was an influential American cinematographer, often called the "Prince of Darkness," renowned for his innovative use of shadow and light in films such as The Godfather series and Annie Hall.
  • A. Haskell Wexler
    Haskell Wexler was an acclaimed American cinematographer and filmmaker known for his innovative visual style and influential work on both narrative features and political documentaries.
  • B. Gregg Toland
    Gregg Toland was a pioneering American cinematographer renowned for his innovative deep-focus and lighting techniques, most famously showcased in Orson Welles's film "Citizen Kane."
  • C. Conrad L. Hall
    Conrad L. Hall was an acclaimed American cinematographer renowned for his innovative visual style and multiple Academy Award–winning work on films such as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "American Beauty," and "Road to Perdition."
  • D. Robby Müller
    Robby Müller was a renowned Dutch cinematographer celebrated for his innovative, naturalistic visual style in films by directors such as Wim Wenders and Jim Jarmusch.
  • E. Harold Rosson
    Harold Rosson was an American cinematographer best known for his pioneering Technicolor work on classic Hollywood films, including the 1939 musical fantasy "The Wizard of Oz."
  • 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_69a4991633388190a4d61b5a98aa407a completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c5059ef88190af20e796acdb2058 completed March 1, 2026, 11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad08ba2cf88190a859bb0974761968 completed March 8, 2026, 5:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad0bc943488190892a88f4c0e392b9 completed March 8, 2026, 5:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad0c6abed48190815252fabc992c48 completed March 8, 2026, 5:43 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.