Triple
T3121103
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Steven Zaillian |
E65184
|
entity |
| Predicate | directed |
P7373
|
FINISHED |
| Object | A Civil Action |
E170567
|
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: A Civil Action | Statement: [Steven Zaillian, directed, A Civil Action]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Civil Action Context triple: [Steven Zaillian, directed, A Civil Action]
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A.
A Civil Action
chosen
A Civil Action is a 1995 non-fiction book by Jonathan Harr, later adapted into a film, that chronicles a landmark environmental pollution lawsuit in Woburn, Massachusetts.
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B.
The Pelican Brief
The Pelican Brief is a 1993 legal thriller film based on John Grisham’s novel, following a law student and a journalist who uncover a deadly conspiracy surrounding the assassination of two Supreme Court justices.
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C.
The Firm
The Firm was a 1990s American hip hop supergroup best known for its members Nas, Foxy Brown, AZ, and Nature and their collaborative album "The Album."
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D.
The Firm
The Firm was a 19th-century British decorative arts company founded by William Morris that played a key role in the Arts and Crafts movement through its handcrafted furniture, textiles, and stained glass.
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E.
The Firm
The Firm is a bestselling legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows a young lawyer who discovers his prestigious new law firm is deeply entangled in organized crime.
- 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_69ad857fcc088190b0c4d45a5cde6f61 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ada5295cd481908d52e165538c67fa |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:34 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b20f6bc644819093a7cab7220f4ca0 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 12:57 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:04 p.m.