Triple

T4267912
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Malcolm X (1992 film) E96869 entity
Predicate cinematographyBy P1953 FINISHED
Object Ernest Dickerson
Ernest Dickerson is an American cinematographer and director known for his collaborations with Spike Lee and his distinctive visual style in films such as Malcolm X.
E426074 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: Ernest Dickerson | Statement: [Malcolm X (1992 film), cinematographyBy, Ernest Dickerson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernest Dickerson
Context triple: [Malcolm X (1992 film), cinematographyBy, Ernest Dickerson]
  • A. Harold Carmichael
    Harold Carmichael is a Hall of Fame former NFL wide receiver best known for his towering height and prolific career with the Philadelphia Eagles.
  • B. Pernell Harris
    Pernell Harris is the troubled, morally conflicted judge at the center of the television drama "Hand of God," portrayed by actor Ron Perlman.
  • C. Stevland Hardaway Judkins
    Stevland Hardaway Judkins is the birth name of Stevie Wonder, the legendary American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer.
  • D. Juan Dixon
    Juan Dixon is a former American college basketball star and NBA guard best known for leading the University of Maryland to the 2002 NCAA championship and later serving as a college coach.
  • E. Reggie Lewis
    Reggie Lewis was an All-Star shooting guard for the Boston Celtics whose promising NBA career was tragically cut short by his sudden death at age 27.
  • 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: Ernest Dickerson
Triple: [Malcolm X (1992 film), cinematographyBy, Ernest Dickerson]
Generated description
Ernest Dickerson is an American cinematographer and director known for his collaborations with Spike Lee and his distinctive visual style in films such as Malcolm X.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernest Dickerson
Target entity description: Ernest Dickerson is an American cinematographer and director known for his collaborations with Spike Lee and his distinctive visual style in films such as Malcolm X.
  • A. Harold Carmichael
    Harold Carmichael is a Hall of Fame former NFL wide receiver best known for his towering height and prolific career with the Philadelphia Eagles.
  • B. Pernell Harris
    Pernell Harris is the troubled, morally conflicted judge at the center of the television drama "Hand of God," portrayed by actor Ron Perlman.
  • C. Stevland Hardaway Judkins
    Stevland Hardaway Judkins is the birth name of Stevie Wonder, the legendary American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer.
  • D. Juan Dixon
    Juan Dixon is a former American college basketball star and NBA guard best known for leading the University of Maryland to the 2002 NCAA championship and later serving as a college coach.
  • E. Reggie Lewis
    Reggie Lewis was an All-Star shooting guard for the Boston Celtics whose promising NBA career was tragically cut short by his sudden death at age 27.
  • 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_69b34543f06c8190915ebb1a4574ffa9 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b34fce710481909d90ed4a3d150fde completed March 12, 2026, 11:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5b79fe8c08190b4a9e4812babc78e completed March 14, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5b8f79a7081909a09e9a7e4241472 completed March 14, 2026, 7:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5b967dabc8190913a37a866bb1c9d completed March 14, 2026, 7:39 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:07 p.m.