Triple
T1956120
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nightmare Alley |
E42272
|
entity |
| Predicate | starring |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Joan Blondell
Joan Blondell was a popular American film and stage actress of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her wisecracking, warm-hearted characters in numerous Warner Bros. productions.
|
E252533
|
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: Joan Blondell | Statement: [Nightmare Alley, starring, Joan Blondell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joan Blondell Context triple: [Nightmare Alley, starring, Joan Blondell]
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A.
Fay Bainter
Fay Bainter was an American stage and film actress, active from the silent era through the mid-20th century, who became one of the first performers to receive Academy Award nominations in both the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories in the same year.
-
B.
Celeste Holm
Celeste Holm was an American actress best known for her Academy Award–winning performance in "Gentleman's Agreement" and her work on stage and screen during Hollywood's Golden Age.
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C.
Myrna Loy
Myrna Loy was a popular American film actress of Hollywood’s Golden Age, best known for her sophisticated, witty roles in classics such as The Thin Man series.
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D.
Irene Dunne
Irene Dunne was an American actress and singer celebrated for her work in both dramatic and screwball comedy films during Hollywood’s Golden Age.
-
E.
Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon was an American actress and screenwriter renowned for her late-career film roles, particularly in "Rosemary's Baby" and "Harold and Maude."
- 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: Joan Blondell Triple: [Nightmare Alley, starring, Joan Blondell]
Generated description
Joan Blondell was a popular American film and stage actress of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her wisecracking, warm-hearted characters in numerous Warner Bros. productions.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joan Blondell Target entity description: Joan Blondell was a popular American film and stage actress of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her wisecracking, warm-hearted characters in numerous Warner Bros. productions.
-
A.
Fay Bainter
Fay Bainter was an American stage and film actress, active from the silent era through the mid-20th century, who became one of the first performers to receive Academy Award nominations in both the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories in the same year.
-
B.
Celeste Holm
Celeste Holm was an American actress best known for her Academy Award–winning performance in "Gentleman's Agreement" and her work on stage and screen during Hollywood's Golden Age.
-
C.
Myrna Loy
Myrna Loy was a popular American film actress of Hollywood’s Golden Age, best known for her sophisticated, witty roles in classics such as The Thin Man series.
-
D.
Irene Dunne
Irene Dunne was an American actress and singer celebrated for her work in both dramatic and screwball comedy films during Hollywood’s Golden Age.
-
E.
Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon was an American actress and screenwriter renowned for her late-career film roles, particularly in "Rosemary's Baby" and "Harold and Maude."
- 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_69a8870eea088190a38781990812a9bc |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb37b4a38819099f98be92be91ade |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae7ee4b678819097da9363e032a670 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:03 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae7fee12ac8190bb9924f7467434a6 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:08 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae8061cd348190b0b0b65dcf730f99 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:10 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.