Triple
T18660249
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Big Circus |
E456173
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Joseph M. Newman |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Joseph M. Newman | Statement: [The Big Circus, director, Joseph M. Newman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph M. Newman Context triple: [The Big Circus, director, Joseph M. Newman]
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A.
Joseph M. Newman
chosen
Joseph M. Newman was an American film director and assistant director active in Hollywood’s studio era, known for his work on both major feature films and early science fiction cinema.
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B.
Jack S. Newman
Jack S. Newman is best known as the husband of American actress Ann Robinson, who gained fame for her role in the 1953 film "The War of the Worlds."
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C.
Charles M. Newman
Charles M. Newman is an American mathematician known for his influential work in probability theory and mathematical physics, including contributions related to the de Bruijn–Newman constant.
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D.
James H. Newman
James H. Newman is a NASA astronaut and physicist who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and helped assemble the International Space Station.
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E.
Richard G. Newman
Richard G. Newman is an American engineer and business executive best known as the founding leader and former CEO of the global infrastructure and engineering firm AECOM.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8d38f72b4819090a935175d9ca8af |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e550889580819090ceb0ea4c93acc7 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 10 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:48 a.m.