Triple
T3474297
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Manhattan Melodrama |
E73333
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
W. S. Van Dyke
W. S. Van Dyke was an American film director of Hollywood’s classic era, best known for his efficient, fast-paced filmmaking on hits like The Thin Man series and San Francisco.
|
E361919
|
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: W. S. Van Dyke | Statement: [Manhattan Melodrama, director, W. S. Van Dyke]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W. S. Van Dyke Context triple: [Manhattan Melodrama, director, W. S. Van Dyke]
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A.
Arthur Dove
Arthur Dove was an early American modernist painter known for his pioneering abstract works inspired by nature and organic forms.
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B.
Olin Levi Warner
Olin Levi Warner was a prominent 19th-century American sculptor known for his portrait busts, reliefs, and architectural sculpture on major public buildings.
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C.
Everett Shinn
Everett Shinn was an American painter and illustrator associated with the Ashcan School, known for his dynamic depictions of urban life and theatrical scenes in early 20th-century New York City.
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D.
Carl Mydans
Carl Mydans was an American photojournalist best known for his powerful documentary images of the Great Depression and World War II, including work for the Farm Security Administration and Life magazine.
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E.
Maynard Dixon
Maynard Dixon was an American artist best known for his modernist, atmospheric paintings of the American West and its landscapes, Native peoples, and working-class life.
- 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: W. S. Van Dyke Triple: [Manhattan Melodrama, director, W. S. Van Dyke]
Generated description
W. S. Van Dyke was an American film director of Hollywood’s classic era, best known for his efficient, fast-paced filmmaking on hits like The Thin Man series and San Francisco.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W. S. Van Dyke Target entity description: W. S. Van Dyke was an American film director of Hollywood’s classic era, best known for his efficient, fast-paced filmmaking on hits like The Thin Man series and San Francisco.
-
A.
Arthur Dove
Arthur Dove was an early American modernist painter known for his pioneering abstract works inspired by nature and organic forms.
-
B.
Olin Levi Warner
Olin Levi Warner was a prominent 19th-century American sculptor known for his portrait busts, reliefs, and architectural sculpture on major public buildings.
-
C.
Everett Shinn
Everett Shinn was an American painter and illustrator associated with the Ashcan School, known for his dynamic depictions of urban life and theatrical scenes in early 20th-century New York City.
-
D.
Carl Mydans
Carl Mydans was an American photojournalist best known for his powerful documentary images of the Great Depression and World War II, including work for the Farm Security Administration and Life magazine.
-
E.
Maynard Dixon
Maynard Dixon was an American artist best known for his modernist, atmospheric paintings of the American West and its landscapes, Native peoples, and working-class life.
- 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_69ad85b2fed48190948c8765e453d270 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adbb580d4c819080bcc0bccd1e18e2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b36812e3a08190abe8db8d3429a49e |
completed | March 13, 2026, 1:27 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b36c4d77448190abe198ec9d48597d |
completed | March 13, 2026, 1:45 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b36cca06d48190bc72ad2e9bd9bdb5 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 1:47 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:17 p.m.