Triple

T3498317
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Barry Levinson E73903 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Sphere
"Sphere" is a 1998 science fiction thriller film directed by Barry Levinson, based on Michael Crichton's novel about a team of scientists investigating a mysterious spacecraft on the ocean floor.
E362451 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: Sphere | Statement: [Barry Levinson, notableWork, Sphere]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sphere
Context triple: [Barry Levinson, notableWork, Sphere]
  • A. SPHERE
    SPHERE is a high-contrast imaging instrument on the Very Large Telescope designed primarily for directly observing and characterizing exoplanets and circumstellar disks.
  • B. Ball
    Ball is a common English surname borne by numerous individuals, including the famed American comedian and actress Lucille Ball.
  • C. Ball
    Ball is a well-known consumer brand, particularly recognized for its glass canning jars and home food preservation products.
  • D. Cone
    Cone is a surname most notably associated with David Cone, a former Major League Baseball pitcher and five-time World Series champion.
  • E. Steinmetz solid
    The Steinmetz solid is a three-dimensional geometric shape formed by the intersection of two or more cylinders at right angles, often studied in calculus and solid geometry for its interesting volume and symmetry properties.
  • 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: Sphere
Triple: [Barry Levinson, notableWork, Sphere]
Generated description
"Sphere" is a 1998 science fiction thriller film directed by Barry Levinson, based on Michael Crichton's novel about a team of scientists investigating a mysterious spacecraft on the ocean floor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sphere
Target entity description: "Sphere" is a 1998 science fiction thriller film directed by Barry Levinson, based on Michael Crichton's novel about a team of scientists investigating a mysterious spacecraft on the ocean floor.
  • A. SPHERE
    SPHERE is a high-contrast imaging instrument on the Very Large Telescope designed primarily for directly observing and characterizing exoplanets and circumstellar disks.
  • B. Ball
    Ball is a common English surname borne by numerous individuals, including the famed American comedian and actress Lucille Ball.
  • C. Ball
    Ball is a well-known consumer brand, particularly recognized for its glass canning jars and home food preservation products.
  • D. Cone
    Cone is a surname most notably associated with David Cone, a former Major League Baseball pitcher and five-time World Series champion.
  • E. Steinmetz solid
    The Steinmetz solid is a three-dimensional geometric shape formed by the intersection of two or more cylinders at right angles, often studied in calculus and solid geometry for its interesting volume and symmetry properties.
  • 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_69ad85cdb6e48190a335d412b9194ed8 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbbd299ec8190b76b165b2fd70537 completed March 8, 2026, 6:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b373d2ef9c819087458a0ac02d4596 completed March 13, 2026, 2:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b375532e14819083e86362daa3c3b5 completed March 13, 2026, 2:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b375afa3a881909b41ee75c18f89d9 completed March 13, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:18 p.m.