Triple

T21511001
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Stephenson as Howard Joyce E530718 entity
Predicate appearsInFilm P795 FINISHED
Object The Letter (1940 film) — 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: The Letter (1940 film) | Statement: [James Stephenson as Howard Joyce, appearsInFilm, The Letter (1940 film)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Letter (1940 film)
Context triple: [James Stephenson as Howard Joyce, appearsInFilm, The Letter (1940 film)]
  • A. The Letter (1940 film) chosen
    The Letter (1940 film) is a classic American film noir–style drama directed by William Wyler and starring Bette Davis, renowned for its tense courtroom intrigue and exploration of guilt and colonial morality.
  • B. The Letter (1929 film)
    The Letter (1929 film) is an early American drama film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s play, notable as a pre-Code production that preceded the more famous 1940 version starring Bette Davis.
  • C. "The Letter"
    "The Letter" is a track from Ghostface Killah's 2004 hip-hop album *The Pretty Toney Album*, known for its narrative lyricism and soulful production.
  • D. "The Letter"
    "The Letter" is a song by American singer-songwriter Cynthia Dall from her self-titled album, noted for its lo-fi, introspective indie aesthetic.
  • E. The Letter
    "The Letter" is a classic soul song, most famously recorded by The Box Tops in 1967, that became a major hit and enduring standard in popular music.
  • 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_69e0c45c81f08190a6b8bbb70a45aae7 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e9ea863b18819080e3ff249b10ec28 completed April 23, 2026, 9:46 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:25 p.m.