Triple
T3169181
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | State Fair (1945 film) |
E66284
|
entity |
| Predicate | directedBy |
P7373
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Walter Lang
Walter Lang was an American film director best known for his work on classic Hollywood musicals and comedies during the 1930s–1950s.
|
E342221
|
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: Walter Lang | Statement: [State Fair (1945 film), directedBy, Walter Lang]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Lang Context triple: [State Fair (1945 film), directedBy, Walter Lang]
-
A.
George Sidney
George Sidney was an American film director best known for his lavish MGM musicals and comedies during Hollywood’s Golden Age, including classics like "Anchors Aweigh" and "Show Boat."
-
B.
Mervyn LeRoy
Mervyn LeRoy was an American film director and producer known for his influential work in classic Hollywood cinema, including a key role in bringing "The Wizard of Oz" to the screen.
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C.
Allan Dwan
Allan Dwan was a pioneering Canadian-born American film director and producer whose prolific career spanned the silent and early sound eras of Hollywood cinema.
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D.
Charles Vidor
Charles Vidor was a Hungarian-American film director best known for classic Hollywood movies such as "Gilda" and other major studio productions of the 1940s and 1950s.
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E.
Michael Curtiz
Michael Curtiz was a Hungarian-American film director best known for helming classic Hollywood films such as "Casablanca."
- 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: Walter Lang Triple: [State Fair (1945 film), directedBy, Walter Lang]
Generated description
Walter Lang was an American film director best known for his work on classic Hollywood musicals and comedies during the 1930s–1950s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Lang Target entity description: Walter Lang was an American film director best known for his work on classic Hollywood musicals and comedies during the 1930s–1950s.
-
A.
George Sidney
George Sidney was an American film director best known for his lavish MGM musicals and comedies during Hollywood’s Golden Age, including classics like "Anchors Aweigh" and "Show Boat."
-
B.
Mervyn LeRoy
Mervyn LeRoy was an American film director and producer known for his influential work in classic Hollywood cinema, including a key role in bringing "The Wizard of Oz" to the screen.
-
C.
Allan Dwan
Allan Dwan was a pioneering Canadian-born American film director and producer whose prolific career spanned the silent and early sound eras of Hollywood cinema.
-
D.
Charles Vidor
Charles Vidor was a Hungarian-American film director best known for classic Hollywood movies such as "Gilda" and other major studio productions of the 1940s and 1950s.
-
E.
Michael Curtiz
Michael Curtiz was a Hungarian-American film director best known for helming classic Hollywood films such as "Casablanca."
- 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_69ad8585d7988190af37365331093ccd |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ada64726048190933dbdc44258703e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b28e4cdd2c8190a4b09e968b9d39be |
completed | March 12, 2026, 9:58 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b28f6d8a948190b9aac1b90de472d6 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:03 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b2c08b196881908e72596d54ab8873 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 1:32 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:06 p.m.