Triple
T2340590
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Dam Busters (1955 film) |
E45016
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Michael Anderson
Michael Anderson was a British film director best known for helming notable mid-20th-century films such as "The Dam Busters" and "Around the World in 80 Days."
|
E265542
|
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: Michael Anderson | Statement: [The Dam Busters (1955 film), director, Michael Anderson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Anderson Context triple: [The Dam Busters (1955 film), director, Michael Anderson]
-
A.
Stewart Menzies
Stewart Menzies was the head of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) during World War II, overseeing key intelligence operations including those at Bletchley Park.
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B.
William Cameron Menzies
William Cameron Menzies was a pioneering American film producer, director, and especially influential art director and production designer, renowned for shaping the visual style of early Hollywood cinema.
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C.
John Guillermin
John Guillermin was a British film director known for his work on large-scale adventure and disaster films, including the 1976 remake of King Kong and The Towering Inferno.
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D.
Hugh Hudson
Hugh Hudson was a British film director best known for his Academy Award–winning 1981 sports drama "Chariots of Fire."
-
E.
Robert Wise
Robert Wise was an acclaimed American film director, producer, and editor known for classics such as "West Side Story," "The Sound of Music," and "The Day the Earth Stood Still."
- 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: Michael Anderson Triple: [The Dam Busters (1955 film), director, Michael Anderson]
Generated description
Michael Anderson was a British film director best known for helming notable mid-20th-century films such as "The Dam Busters" and "Around the World in 80 Days."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Anderson Target entity description: Michael Anderson was a British film director best known for helming notable mid-20th-century films such as "The Dam Busters" and "Around the World in 80 Days."
-
A.
Stewart Menzies
Stewart Menzies was the head of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) during World War II, overseeing key intelligence operations including those at Bletchley Park.
-
B.
William Cameron Menzies
William Cameron Menzies was a pioneering American film producer, director, and especially influential art director and production designer, renowned for shaping the visual style of early Hollywood cinema.
-
C.
John Guillermin
John Guillermin was a British film director known for his work on large-scale adventure and disaster films, including the 1976 remake of King Kong and The Towering Inferno.
-
D.
Hugh Hudson
Hugh Hudson was a British film director best known for his Academy Award–winning 1981 sports drama "Chariots of Fire."
-
E.
Robert Wise
Robert Wise was an acclaimed American film director, producer, and editor known for classics such as "West Side Story," "The Sound of Music," and "The Day the Earth Stood Still."
- 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_69a88917935081909b755dbf38e81024 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc6abf1688190b7c404de0979149a |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:33 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aebf2ae2c4819083403236e27d4b5e |
completed | March 9, 2026, 12:38 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69aec4bf846c8190a75ac57309a0102b |
completed | March 9, 2026, 1:01 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69aec52ac8dc819080901508cbcb3b8b |
completed | March 9, 2026, 1:03 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:52 p.m.