Triple
T2120290
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Once a Thief |
E43904
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ralph Nelson |
E6938
|
NE FINISHED |
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: Ralph Nelson | Statement: [Once a Thief, director, Ralph Nelson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ralph Nelson Context triple: [Once a Thief, director, Ralph Nelson]
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A.
Ralph Nelson
chosen
Ralph Nelson was an American film and television director, producer, and writer known for works such as "Lilies of the Field" and "Requiem for a Heavyweight."
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B.
Joseph W. Young
Joseph W. Young was an American real estate developer and city planner best known for creating and developing the planned community of Hollywood, Florida, in the early 20th century.
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C.
Rance Howard
Rance Howard was an American character actor known for his extensive work in film and television and as the patriarch of the Howard acting and directing family.
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D.
Ralph Bellamy
Ralph Bellamy was an American actor known for his prolific film, television, and stage career, including notable roles in classic screwball comedies and the film "Rosemary's Baby."
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E.
Richard Basehart
Richard Basehart was an American actor known for his versatile film and television roles, including performances in "La Strada" and the TV series "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a88717cfe48190b7ecdd68c824848a |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbb3404348190bc843022fbd2b4d0 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:44 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af5cbcf8dc8190a3319bdf58dce307 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:50 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:44 p.m.