Triple
T20591685
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Erman |
E505943
|
entity |
| Predicate | directed |
P7373
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FINISHED |
| Object | Alex: The Life of a Child |
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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: Alex: The Life of a Child | Statement: [John Erman, directed, Alex: The Life of a Child]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alex: The Life of a Child Context triple: [John Erman, directed, Alex: The Life of a Child]
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A.
Alex: The Life of a Child
chosen
"Alex: The Life of a Child" is a 1986 television film based on the true story of Alex Deford, a young girl living with cystic fibrosis, adapted from her father Frank Deford’s memoir.
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B.
A Start in Life
A Start in Life is a novel by British writer Alan Sillitoe that explores working-class life and personal struggle in postwar England.
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C.
Ein Kind
Ein Kind is an autobiographical work by Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard that recounts his bleak and formative childhood experiences.
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D.
How to Be a Child
"How to Be a Child" is a humorous, reflective essay by Umberto Eco that playfully examines childhood and the adult gaze on it, included in his collection *How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays*.
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E.
Der Start ins Leben
"Der Start ins Leben" is a literary work by German author Monika Mann, likely reflecting her characteristic introspective and autobiographical style shaped by her experiences as a member of the Mann family.
- 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_69e0b4ba6ae88190af871e1f9522c704 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6a97c10f081909daf635e9be0dd22 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 10:32 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:40 a.m.