Triple
T1770900
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nightmare Alley (2021 film) |
E38871
|
entity |
| Predicate | authorOfSourceWork |
P2353
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Lindsay Gresham
William Lindsay Gresham was an American novelist and nonfiction writer best known for his dark 1946 carnival noir novel "Nightmare Alley," which has been adapted into multiple films.
|
E199706
|
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: William Lindsay Gresham | Statement: [Nightmare Alley (2021 film), authorOfSourceWork, William Lindsay Gresham]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Lindsay Gresham Context triple: [Nightmare Alley (2021 film), authorOfSourceWork, William Lindsay Gresham]
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A.
Walter Quinton Gresham
Walter Quinton Gresham was a 19th-century American statesman, jurist, and cabinet member who served as both U.S. Postmaster General and Secretary of State.
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B.
John A. Wilson
John A. Wilson was a prominent Washington, D.C. politician and public servant, notably serving as chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia.
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C.
John Foster Archbold
John Foster Archbold was the son of American oil magnate and Standard Oil executive John Dustin Archbold.
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D.
John Davis
John Davis was a 16th-century English navigator and explorer best known for his Arctic voyages in search of the Northwest Passage.
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E.
William Davis
William Davis was a settler who is historically remembered as one of the notable victims killed during the 1862 Indian Creek massacre in Illinois.
- 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: William Lindsay Gresham Triple: [Nightmare Alley (2021 film), authorOfSourceWork, William Lindsay Gresham]
Generated description
William Lindsay Gresham was an American novelist and nonfiction writer best known for his dark 1946 carnival noir novel "Nightmare Alley," which has been adapted into multiple films.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Lindsay Gresham Target entity description: William Lindsay Gresham was an American novelist and nonfiction writer best known for his dark 1946 carnival noir novel "Nightmare Alley," which has been adapted into multiple films.
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A.
Walter Quinton Gresham
Walter Quinton Gresham was a 19th-century American statesman, jurist, and cabinet member who served as both U.S. Postmaster General and Secretary of State.
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B.
John A. Wilson
John A. Wilson was a prominent Washington, D.C. politician and public servant, notably serving as chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia.
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C.
John Foster Archbold
John Foster Archbold was the son of American oil magnate and Standard Oil executive John Dustin Archbold.
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D.
John Davis
John Davis was a 16th-century English navigator and explorer best known for his Arctic voyages in search of the Northwest Passage.
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E.
William Davis
William Davis was a settler who is historically remembered as one of the notable victims killed during the 1862 Indian Creek massacre in Illinois.
- 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_69a8862e61708190af97b9838cc3f5de |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa648fe908819098fd27b74b17fabb |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:22 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ada9936f5881909b78bda48039916a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:53 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adae9845f081908904030f7a10df63 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:15 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adafa3494c8190b34a6930cf38ca40 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:19 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.