Triple
T1956122
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nightmare Alley |
E42272
|
entity |
| Predicate | starring |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Helen Walker
Helen Walker was an American film actress of the 1940s known for her sophisticated, often enigmatic screen presence in noir and dramatic roles.
|
E381113
|
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: Helen Walker | Statement: [Nightmare Alley, starring, Helen Walker]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Helen Walker Context triple: [Nightmare Alley, starring, Helen Walker]
-
A.
Elizabeth Nourse
Elizabeth Nourse was an American realist painter known for her sensitive depictions of women and rural life, who built a successful career in Paris in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Marjorie Nelson
Marjorie Nelson was an American actress known for her work on stage and screen and for being married to fellow actor Howard Da Silva.
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C.
Jane Belson
Jane Belson was a British barrister best known as the wife of author Douglas Adams.
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D.
Helen Hughes
Helen Hughes was a daughter of Charles Evans Hughes, the prominent American statesman who served as both U.S. Secretary of State and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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E.
Helen Gould
Helen Gould was a prominent American philanthropist and daughter of railroad magnate Jay Gould, known for her extensive charitable work in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: Helen Walker Triple: [Nightmare Alley, starring, Helen Walker]
Generated description
Helen Walker was an American film actress of the 1940s known for her sophisticated, often enigmatic screen presence in noir and dramatic roles.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Helen Walker Target entity description: Helen Walker was an American film actress of the 1940s known for her sophisticated, often enigmatic screen presence in noir and dramatic roles.
-
A.
Elizabeth Nourse
Elizabeth Nourse was an American realist painter known for her sensitive depictions of women and rural life, who built a successful career in Paris in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
B.
Marjorie Nelson
Marjorie Nelson was an American actress known for her work on stage and screen and for being married to fellow actor Howard Da Silva.
-
C.
Jane Belson
Jane Belson was a British barrister best known as the wife of author Douglas Adams.
-
D.
Helen Hughes
Helen Hughes was a daughter of Charles Evans Hughes, the prominent American statesman who served as both U.S. Secretary of State and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
-
E.
Helen Gould
Helen Gould was a prominent American philanthropist and daughter of railroad magnate Jay Gould, known for her extensive charitable work in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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_69b4cdb622788190bf419db993c2dd1f |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:53 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4ce83e0888190a55ea4ded410874d |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:57 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4cf1a1a108190966323c60c611395 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:59 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.