Triple
T20396923
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Black Cat (1934 film) |
E500229
|
entity |
| Predicate | cinematographyBy |
P1953
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John J. Mescall |
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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: John J. Mescall | Statement: [The Black Cat (1934 film), cinematographyBy, John J. Mescall]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John J. Mescall Context triple: [The Black Cat (1934 film), cinematographyBy, John J. Mescall]
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A.
John J. Mescall
chosen
John J. Mescall was an American cinematographer best known for his influential work on classic Universal horror films of the 1930s.
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B.
Roger D. Lapham
Roger D. Lapham was an American shipping executive and politician who served as mayor of San Francisco in the 1940s.
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C.
Gerald R. Molen
Gerald R. Molen is an American film producer best known for his collaborations with Steven Spielberg on major films such as "Schindler’s List" and "Jurassic Park."
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D.
Roger E. Broggie
Roger E. Broggie is a steam locomotive at Walt Disney World Railroad named in honor of Disney Imagineer and master machinist Roger E. Broggie, who was instrumental in developing Disney’s early railroad and ride systems.
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E.
Frank J. Walsh
Frank J. Walsh was an American jurist and reformer after whom New Jersey’s landmark municipal reform legislation, the Walsh Act, was named.
- 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_69e0b4a81bec8190b69adfdc1336a015 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6798b6640819085d5b12dc35633fe |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:07 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:28 a.m.