Triple
T23339608
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Heavy Metal (film) |
E591698
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Gerald Potterton |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Gerald Potterton | Statement: [Heavy Metal (film), director, Gerald Potterton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gerald Potterton Context triple: [Heavy Metal (film), director, Gerald Potterton]
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A.
Russell Carpenter
Russell Carpenter is an Academy Award–winning American cinematographer best known for his work on major films such as Titanic and other high-profile Hollywood productions.
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B.
Paul Bogoff
Paul Bogoff is the birth name of American television and film director Paul Bogart, known for his work on series like "All in the Family" and various acclaimed TV movies.
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C.
Lloyd Dorfman
Lloyd Dorfman is a British entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the founder of the Travelex foreign exchange company and for his major support of the arts.
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D.
Alan Walters
Alan Walters was a British economist best known for serving as an economic adviser to UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and for his influential work on monetary policy.
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E.
Phil Tippett
Phil Tippett is an acclaimed American visual effects supervisor and stop-motion animator renowned for his groundbreaking creature and character work on films such as Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and RoboCop.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gerald Potterton Target entity description: Gerald Potterton was a British–Canadian animator and film director best known for his work on the cult animated anthology film "Heavy Metal" and contributions to classic animation projects.
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A.
Russell Carpenter
Russell Carpenter is an Academy Award–winning American cinematographer best known for his work on major films such as Titanic and other high-profile Hollywood productions.
-
B.
Paul Bogoff
Paul Bogoff is the birth name of American television and film director Paul Bogart, known for his work on series like "All in the Family" and various acclaimed TV movies.
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C.
Lloyd Dorfman
Lloyd Dorfman is a British entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the founder of the Travelex foreign exchange company and for his major support of the arts.
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D.
Alan Walters
Alan Walters was a British economist best known for serving as an economic adviser to UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and for his influential work on monetary policy.
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E.
Phil Tippett
Phil Tippett is an acclaimed American visual effects supervisor and stop-motion animator renowned for his groundbreaking creature and character work on films such as Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and RoboCop.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69e25d20156c81908c5c53195bd9c738 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 4:17 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f198317f4c8190a557cacb86568d6c |
completed | April 29, 2026, 5:33 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:18 p.m.