Triple
T20234323
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Imitation of Life (1934 film) |
E495609
|
entity |
| Predicate | screenwriter |
P2831
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Hurlbut |
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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: William Hurlbut | Statement: [Imitation of Life (1934 film), screenwriter, William Hurlbut]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Hurlbut Context triple: [Imitation of Life (1934 film), screenwriter, William Hurlbut]
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A.
William Hurlbut
chosen
William Hurlbut was an American screenwriter best known for his work on classic Hollywood films of the 1930s, particularly in the horror genre.
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B.
Milton P. Webster
Milton P. Webster was an influential African American labor leader and civil rights activist who helped organize and lead the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first major Black labor union in the United States.
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C.
Melville M. Bigelow
Melville M. Bigelow was an influential American legal scholar of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for his pioneering work in tort law and legal history.
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D.
Alexander Cushing
Alexander Cushing was an American lawyer and entrepreneur best known as the visionary founder who developed Squaw Valley into a major ski resort and host of the 1960 Winter Olympics.
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E.
William M. Shepherd
William M. Shepherd is a retired U.S. Navy SEAL and NASA astronaut best known for commanding the first crew of the International Space Station.
- 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_69da626cff80819097b530718a7c98b6 |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e67167fae88190a26ff10d698174f8 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 6:33 p.m. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:40 p.m.