Triple

T1956148
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nightmare Alley E42272 entity
Predicate artDirectionBy P7743 FINISHED
Object J. Russell Spencer
J. Russell Spencer was a film art director known for his work on classic Hollywood productions such as the noir drama "Nightmare Alley."
E276219 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: J. Russell Spencer | Statement: [Nightmare Alley, artDirectionBy, J. Russell Spencer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. Russell Spencer
Context triple: [Nightmare Alley, artDirectionBy, J. Russell Spencer]
  • A. Hugh B. Price
    Hugh B. Price is an American lawyer, civil rights advocate, and former president of the National Urban League known for his leadership on issues of racial equality, education, and economic opportunity.
  • B. Robert G. Bratcher
    Robert G. Bratcher was an American Bible scholar and translator best known as the principal translator of the Good News Bible (Today’s English Version).
  • C. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • D. Robert H. Richards
    Robert H. Richards was a prominent American mining engineer and metallurgist known for pioneering work in ore dressing and mineral processing.
  • E. William C. Redfield
    William C. Redfield was an American politician and businessman who became the inaugural U.S. Secretary of Commerce in the early 20th century.
  • 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: J. Russell Spencer
Triple: [Nightmare Alley, artDirectionBy, J. Russell Spencer]
Generated description
J. Russell Spencer was a film art director known for his work on classic Hollywood productions such as the noir drama "Nightmare Alley."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. Russell Spencer
Target entity description: J. Russell Spencer was a film art director known for his work on classic Hollywood productions such as the noir drama "Nightmare Alley."
  • A. Hugh B. Price
    Hugh B. Price is an American lawyer, civil rights advocate, and former president of the National Urban League known for his leadership on issues of racial equality, education, and economic opportunity.
  • B. Robert G. Bratcher
    Robert G. Bratcher was an American Bible scholar and translator best known as the principal translator of the Good News Bible (Today’s English Version).
  • C. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • D. Robert H. Richards
    Robert H. Richards was a prominent American mining engineer and metallurgist known for pioneering work in ore dressing and mineral processing.
  • E. William C. Redfield
    William C. Redfield was an American politician and businessman who became the inaugural U.S. Secretary of Commerce in the early 20th century.
  • 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_69af5cb503bc8190823a843bb58d85e1 completed March 9, 2026, 11:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af5d4795288190bb09c1a928e70b3e completed March 9, 2026, 11:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af5dca88948190b0b195bce7126891 completed March 9, 2026, 11:54 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.