Triple
T1678926
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Rebecca (1940 film) |
E36293
|
entity |
| Predicate | screenwriter |
P2831
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Philip MacDonald
Philip MacDonald was a British-born novelist and screenwriter best known for his crime and mystery fiction and his contributions to classic Hollywood films.
|
E252112
|
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: Philip MacDonald | Statement: [Rebecca (1940 film), screenwriter, Philip MacDonald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philip MacDonald Context triple: [Rebecca (1940 film), screenwriter, Philip MacDonald]
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A.
Alastair Grahame
Alastair Grahame was the only son of British author Kenneth Grahame, whose troubled life and early death are often linked to the darker undercurrents in his father's classic work "The Wind in the Willows."
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B.
Bob MacKinnon
Bob MacKinnon was an American basketball coach known for his work in the ABA and NBA, including leading the Spirits of St. Louis.
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C.
David Farquharson
David Farquharson was an architect known for designing South Hall.
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D.
Alan McMichael
Alan McMichael is a key protagonist in the gothic romance horror film "Crimson Peak," portrayed as a loyal and principled young man who becomes entangled in the dark secrets surrounding the Sharpe family.
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E.
Alastair Stewart
Alastair Stewart is a British journalist and long-serving television news presenter best known for his work with ITN and ITV News.
- 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: Philip MacDonald Triple: [Rebecca (1940 film), screenwriter, Philip MacDonald]
Generated description
Philip MacDonald was a British-born novelist and screenwriter best known for his crime and mystery fiction and his contributions to classic Hollywood films.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philip MacDonald Target entity description: Philip MacDonald was a British-born novelist and screenwriter best known for his crime and mystery fiction and his contributions to classic Hollywood films.
-
A.
Alastair Grahame
Alastair Grahame was the only son of British author Kenneth Grahame, whose troubled life and early death are often linked to the darker undercurrents in his father's classic work "The Wind in the Willows."
-
B.
Bob MacKinnon
Bob MacKinnon was an American basketball coach known for his work in the ABA and NBA, including leading the Spirits of St. Louis.
-
C.
David Farquharson
David Farquharson was an architect known for designing South Hall.
-
D.
Alan McMichael
Alan McMichael is a key protagonist in the gothic romance horror film "Crimson Peak," portrayed as a loyal and principled young man who becomes entangled in the dark secrets surrounding the Sharpe family.
-
E.
Alastair Stewart
Alastair Stewart is a British journalist and long-serving television news presenter best known for his work with ITN and ITV News.
- 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_69a886139ed081909af0940aa9313512 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa625f7e1081909c3c4fe76625783a |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae7ed8b7a08190a39f4b90fbf68cd9 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:03 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae7f701cc48190a5ca5320ac15117d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:06 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae7ff1fb748190961febf3790f03cf |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:08 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.