Triple

T15584385
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Invention of Lying E374579 entity
Predicate cinematography P1953 FINISHED
Object Tim Surtees
Tim Surtees is a cinematographer best known for his work on the comedy film "The Invention of Lying."
E1165685 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: Tim Surtees | Statement: [The Invention of Lying, cinematography, Tim Surtees]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tim Surtees
Context triple: [The Invention of Lying, cinematography, Tim Surtees]
  • A. Rick Sutcliffe
    Rick Sutcliffe is a former Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his dominant 1984 season with the Chicago Cubs, during which he won the NL Cy Young Award and led the team to the postseason.
  • B. Tim Souster
    Tim Souster was a British composer known for his work in contemporary classical and electronic music, including notable television scores.
  • C. Nick Gillard
    Nick Gillard is a British stunt coordinator and fight choreographer best known for designing the iconic lightsaber duels in the Star Wars prequel trilogy.
  • D. Tim Holbrook
    Tim Holbrook is an American legal scholar known for his work in intellectual property and patent law.
  • E. Tim Fywell
    Tim Fywell is a British film and television director known for his work on literary adaptations and period dramas.
  • 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: Tim Surtees
Triple: [The Invention of Lying, cinematography, Tim Surtees]
Generated description
Tim Surtees is a cinematographer best known for his work on the comedy film "The Invention of Lying."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tim Surtees
Target entity description: Tim Surtees is a cinematographer best known for his work on the comedy film "The Invention of Lying."
  • A. Rick Sutcliffe
    Rick Sutcliffe is a former Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his dominant 1984 season with the Chicago Cubs, during which he won the NL Cy Young Award and led the team to the postseason.
  • B. Tim Souster
    Tim Souster was a British composer known for his work in contemporary classical and electronic music, including notable television scores.
  • C. Nick Gillard
    Nick Gillard is a British stunt coordinator and fight choreographer best known for designing the iconic lightsaber duels in the Star Wars prequel trilogy.
  • D. Tim Holbrook
    Tim Holbrook is an American legal scholar known for his work in intellectual property and patent law.
  • E. Tim Fywell
    Tim Fywell is a British film and television director known for his work on literary adaptations and period dramas.
  • 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_69d85ccd575081908909b71a3f3e3a61 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04e47971481909e986dd999354628 completed April 16, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff4c4f71e48190a15eb0a2138f083f completed May 9, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff4fb2522481909fa66c2e1fac23bf completed May 9, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff5238f0e88190b280942022480c12 completed May 9, 2026, 3:26 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:11 a.m.