Triple

T3884168
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vertigo E92898 entity
Predicate cinematographer P1953 FINISHED
Object Robert Burks
Robert Burks was an American cinematographer best known for his long collaboration with director Alfred Hitchcock, contributing to the distinctive visual style of many of Hitchcock’s classic films.
E429085 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: Robert Burks | Statement: [Vertigo, cinematographer, Robert Burks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Burks
Context triple: [Vertigo, cinematographer, Robert Burks]
  • A. Ellsworth Hoagland
    Ellsworth Hoagland was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood productions in the mid-20th century.
  • B. Arthur Farnsworth
    Arthur Farnsworth was an American assistant director and film executive best known as the second husband of actress Bette Davis.
  • C. William Avery Bishop
    William Avery Bishop was a renowned Canadian First World War flying ace and Victoria Cross recipient celebrated for his extraordinary aerial combat achievements.
  • D. Arthur Howey Ross
    Arthur Howey "Art" Ross was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and executive best known for his influential role in shaping the modern NHL and for the Art Ross Trophy named in his honor.
  • E. Algur H. Meadows
    Algur H. Meadows was an American oil tycoon and philanthropist best known for his major art patronage and charitable contributions, including the establishment of the Meadows Museum.
  • 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: Robert Burks
Triple: [Vertigo, cinematographer, Robert Burks]
Generated description
Robert Burks was an American cinematographer best known for his long collaboration with director Alfred Hitchcock, contributing to the distinctive visual style of many of Hitchcock’s classic films.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Burks
Target entity description: Robert Burks was an American cinematographer best known for his long collaboration with director Alfred Hitchcock, contributing to the distinctive visual style of many of Hitchcock’s classic films.
  • A. Ellsworth Hoagland
    Ellsworth Hoagland was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood productions in the mid-20th century.
  • B. Arthur Farnsworth
    Arthur Farnsworth was an American assistant director and film executive best known as the second husband of actress Bette Davis.
  • C. William Avery Bishop
    William Avery Bishop was a renowned Canadian First World War flying ace and Victoria Cross recipient celebrated for his extraordinary aerial combat achievements.
  • D. Arthur Howey Ross
    Arthur Howey "Art" Ross was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and executive best known for his influential role in shaping the modern NHL and for the Art Ross Trophy named in his honor.
  • E. Algur H. Meadows
    Algur H. Meadows was an American oil tycoon and philanthropist best known for his major art patronage and charitable contributions, including the establishment of the Meadows Museum.
  • 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_69aed9697de0819087c2559295ff3d12 completed March 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeec9029908190a7b36a3827734db1 completed March 9, 2026, 3:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5c6ed5910819095de0dce09bd50b8 completed March 14, 2026, 8:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5c779d28c81909fdb37adb045684c completed March 14, 2026, 8:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5c7f6195481909167c972e1838cc9 completed March 14, 2026, 8:41 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:20 p.m.