Triple
T1987509
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Lorax (2012 film) |
E43174
|
entity |
| Predicate | coDirector |
P17194
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Kyle Balda
Kyle Balda is an American animator and film director best known for his work on major animated features at Illumination Entertainment, including co-directing films such as The Lorax and Minions.
|
E222765
|
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: Kyle Balda | Statement: [The Lorax (2012 film), coDirector, Kyle Balda]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kyle Balda Context triple: [The Lorax (2012 film), coDirector, Kyle Balda]
-
A.
Chris Meledandri
Chris Meledandri is an American film producer best known as the founder and CEO of Illumination, the animation studio behind franchises like Despicable Me and Minions.
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B.
Roger Allers
Roger Allers is an American film director, screenwriter, and animator best known for co-directing Disney’s acclaimed animated feature "The Lion King."
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C.
Genndy Tartakovsky
Genndy Tartakovsky is an acclaimed animator, director, and producer best known for creating influential animated series such as Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, and Star Wars: Clone Wars.
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D.
Byron Howard
Byron Howard is an American film director, animator, and storyboard artist best known for co-directing acclaimed Walt Disney Animation Studios films such as Tangled, Zootopia, and Encanto.
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E.
Jack Briggs
Jack Briggs was an American actor best known for his marriage to Hollywood star Ginger Rogers.
- 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: Kyle Balda Triple: [The Lorax (2012 film), coDirector, Kyle Balda]
Generated description
Kyle Balda is an American animator and film director best known for his work on major animated features at Illumination Entertainment, including co-directing films such as The Lorax and Minions.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kyle Balda Target entity description: Kyle Balda is an American animator and film director best known for his work on major animated features at Illumination Entertainment, including co-directing films such as The Lorax and Minions.
-
A.
Chris Meledandri
Chris Meledandri is an American film producer best known as the founder and CEO of Illumination, the animation studio behind franchises like Despicable Me and Minions.
-
B.
Roger Allers
Roger Allers is an American film director, screenwriter, and animator best known for co-directing Disney’s acclaimed animated feature "The Lion King."
-
C.
Genndy Tartakovsky
Genndy Tartakovsky is an acclaimed animator, director, and producer best known for creating influential animated series such as Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, and Star Wars: Clone Wars.
-
D.
Byron Howard
Byron Howard is an American film director, animator, and storyboard artist best known for co-directing acclaimed Walt Disney Animation Studios films such as Tangled, Zootopia, and Encanto.
-
E.
Jack Briggs
Jack Briggs was an American actor best known for his marriage to Hollywood star Ginger Rogers.
- 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_69a88713ddc88190a969715658ebe7a8 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb840a5708190a9b64564b855fb22 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:31 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae033410a88190bac79032a012549a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:16 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae03e6239881909144a41a7ef96941 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:19 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae0452e188819099de641a9afcd04c |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:20 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.