Triple
T2305460
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sparrows (1926 film) |
E51828
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Tom McNamara
Tom McNamara was an American film director and writer active during the silent film era, known for his work on early Hollywood productions.
|
E257302
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Tom McNamara | Statement: [Sparrows (1926 film), director, Tom McNamara]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom McNamara Context triple: [Sparrows (1926 film), director, Tom McNamara]
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A.
Tom McNamara
Tom McNamara was an American screenwriter active during the early 20th century, known for his work on pioneering sound-era films.
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B.
Harold Fleming
Harold Fleming is a relatively obscure individual whose primary distinction is sharing the surname associated with more widely known figures like author Ian Fleming.
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C.
John McNamara
John McNamara was an American Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the Boston Red Sox during the mid-1980s, including their pennant-winning 1986 season.
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D.
Conn Smythe
Conn Smythe was a prominent Canadian ice hockey executive and owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs, renowned for building multiple Stanley Cup–winning teams and leaving a lasting legacy in the NHL.
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E.
Gordon Howe
Gordon "Gordie" Howe was a legendary Canadian professional ice hockey player widely known as "Mr. Hockey" and regarded as one of the greatest players in the sport's history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Tom McNamara Triple: [Sparrows (1926 film), director, Tom McNamara]
Generated description
Tom McNamara was an American film director and writer active during the silent film era, known for his work on early Hollywood productions.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom McNamara Target entity description: Tom McNamara was an American film director and writer active during the silent film era, known for his work on early Hollywood productions.
-
A.
Tom McNamara
Tom McNamara was an American screenwriter active during the early 20th century, known for his work on pioneering sound-era films.
-
B.
Harold Fleming
Harold Fleming is a relatively obscure individual whose primary distinction is sharing the surname associated with more widely known figures like author Ian Fleming.
-
C.
John McNamara
John McNamara was an American Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the Boston Red Sox during the mid-1980s, including their pennant-winning 1986 season.
-
D.
Conn Smythe
Conn Smythe was a prominent Canadian ice hockey executive and owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs, renowned for building multiple Stanley Cup–winning teams and leaving a lasting legacy in the NHL.
-
E.
Gordon Howe
Gordon "Gordie" Howe was a legendary Canadian professional ice hockey player widely known as "Mr. Hockey" and regarded as one of the greatest players in the sport's history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 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_69a88b0bb30c81908ded03b006d29387 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:42 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc60300388190993bed7d312a92d5 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:30 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae960dfb708190868126460d27b144 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 9:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae96ea1b6c81908e05ca78c5e07320 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 9:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae97a775008190bdda2f63810cd5e8 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:49 p.m.