Triple
T315456
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lights of New York (1928 film) |
E7695
|
entity |
| Predicate | screenwriter |
P2831
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Hugh Herbert
Hugh Herbert was an American comedian, character actor, and screenwriter best known for his eccentric, fluttery persona in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films.
|
E104619
|
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: Hugh Herbert | Statement: [Lights of New York (1928 film), screenwriter, Hugh Herbert]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh Herbert Context triple: [Lights of New York (1928 film), screenwriter, Hugh Herbert]
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A.
Homer Brightman
Homer Brightman was an American screenwriter best known for his work on classic Disney animated films, including contributing to the screenplay of the 1950 feature "Cinderella."
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B.
John Flournoy Montgomery
John Flournoy Montgomery was an American diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary in the years leading up to and during the early part of World War II.
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C.
William Tilden Blodgett
William Tilden Blodgett was a 19th-century American art collector and civic leader who played a key role in establishing New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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D.
John Langley Howard
John Langley Howard was an American painter and muralist associated with the Social Realist movement, known for his New Deal–era public artworks in San Francisco.
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E.
Ralph Waite
Ralph Waite was an American actor best known for his role as family patriarch John Walton Sr. on the television series "The Waltons."
- 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: Hugh Herbert Triple: [Lights of New York (1928 film), screenwriter, Hugh Herbert]
Generated description
Hugh Herbert was an American comedian, character actor, and screenwriter best known for his eccentric, fluttery persona in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh Herbert Target entity description: Hugh Herbert was an American comedian, character actor, and screenwriter best known for his eccentric, fluttery persona in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films.
-
A.
Homer Brightman
Homer Brightman was an American screenwriter best known for his work on classic Disney animated films, including contributing to the screenplay of the 1950 feature "Cinderella."
-
B.
John Flournoy Montgomery
John Flournoy Montgomery was an American diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary in the years leading up to and during the early part of World War II.
-
C.
William Tilden Blodgett
William Tilden Blodgett was a 19th-century American art collector and civic leader who played a key role in establishing New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
-
D.
John Langley Howard
John Langley Howard was an American painter and muralist associated with the Social Realist movement, known for his New Deal–era public artworks in San Francisco.
-
E.
Ralph Waite
Ralph Waite was an American actor best known for his role as family patriarch John Walton Sr. on the television series "The Waltons."
- 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_69a2e7e7af7881908890039d6be4e9b8 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ea6462148190825acc57f6d2adaf |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a7bffe8a488190939b1a778db4f517 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 5:15 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7c0bea40481908df44214da39135e |
completed | March 4, 2026, 5:18 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a7c125de38819084897b25887dea0e |
completed | March 4, 2026, 5:20 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.