Triple
T4365899
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dial M for Murder |
E98770
|
entity |
| Predicate | screenwriter |
P2831
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Frederick Knott
Frederick Knott was a British playwright and screenwriter best known for crafting tightly plotted stage thrillers such as "Dial M for Murder" and "Wait Until Dark."
|
E433560
|
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: Frederick Knott | Statement: [Dial M for Murder, screenwriter, Frederick Knott]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederick Knott Context triple: [Dial M for Murder, screenwriter, Frederick Knott]
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A.
Patrick Hamilton
Patrick Hamilton is the Scottish novelist and playwright best known for works like "Rope" and "Gas Light," which inspired influential stage and film adaptations.
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B.
John Robie
John Robie is a retired jewel thief known as "The Cat" who becomes embroiled in a new string of robberies on the French Riviera in Alfred Hitchcock's film "To Catch a Thief."
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C.
Laurence Gardner
Laurence Gardner was a British author and lecturer known for his controversial books on alternative history, secret societies, and speculative theories about royal bloodlines and religious history.
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D.
Edgar Wallace
Edgar Wallace was a prolific British writer best known for his crime novels and for contributing to the original story that inspired the 1933 film "King Kong."
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E.
Michael Hitchcock
Michael Hitchcock is a bumbling, often inappropriate but oddly endearing detective in the comedy series "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," known for his close partnership with Scully and his general incompetence.
- 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: Frederick Knott Triple: [Dial M for Murder, screenwriter, Frederick Knott]
Generated description
Frederick Knott was a British playwright and screenwriter best known for crafting tightly plotted stage thrillers such as "Dial M for Murder" and "Wait Until Dark."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederick Knott Target entity description: Frederick Knott was a British playwright and screenwriter best known for crafting tightly plotted stage thrillers such as "Dial M for Murder" and "Wait Until Dark."
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A.
Patrick Hamilton
Patrick Hamilton is the Scottish novelist and playwright best known for works like "Rope" and "Gas Light," which inspired influential stage and film adaptations.
-
B.
John Robie
John Robie is a retired jewel thief known as "The Cat" who becomes embroiled in a new string of robberies on the French Riviera in Alfred Hitchcock's film "To Catch a Thief."
-
C.
Laurence Gardner
Laurence Gardner was a British author and lecturer known for his controversial books on alternative history, secret societies, and speculative theories about royal bloodlines and religious history.
-
D.
Edgar Wallace
Edgar Wallace was a prolific British writer best known for his crime novels and for contributing to the original story that inspired the 1933 film "King Kong."
-
E.
Michael Hitchcock
Michael Hitchcock is a bumbling, often inappropriate but oddly endearing detective in the comedy series "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," known for his close partnership with Scully and his general incompetence.
- 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_69b3454c772081908e20173e379e8ebe |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b35200263081909bb326a4d7a8db99 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5dbcbbd1881908eb9f0ea6b2fe16b |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5dcf36dfc8190847925dbed92c059 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:10 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5ddad45b8819082ac7a3a9c5f2f07 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:14 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:17 p.m.