Triple
T4584479
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Direct Cinema |
E101934
|
entity |
| Predicate | notablePractitioner |
P26156
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert Drew
Robert Drew was an influential American documentary filmmaker who pioneered the Direct Cinema movement with groundbreaking, observational films in the 1960s.
|
E454629
|
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 Drew | Statement: [Direct Cinema, notablePractitioner, Robert Drew]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Drew Context triple: [Direct Cinema, notablePractitioner, Robert Drew]
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A.
David Pilger
David Pilger is an individual notable enough to be recorded as a bearer of the surname Pilger, though no widely recognized public information about him is available.
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B.
Joe Rosenthal
Joe Rosenthal was an American photojournalist best known for his iconic World War II photograph of U.S. Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima.
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C.
Louis de Rochemont
Louis de Rochemont was an American film producer and documentarian best known for creating the newsreel series "The March of Time" and for pioneering a semi-documentary style in mid-20th-century cinema.
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D.
William Pilger
William Pilger is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or prominent bearer of the surname Pilger.
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E.
Robert Pilger
Robert Pilger is a relatively obscure individual about whom no widely known public or biographical information is readily available.
- 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 Drew Triple: [Direct Cinema, notablePractitioner, Robert Drew]
Generated description
Robert Drew was an influential American documentary filmmaker who pioneered the Direct Cinema movement with groundbreaking, observational films in the 1960s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Drew Target entity description: Robert Drew was an influential American documentary filmmaker who pioneered the Direct Cinema movement with groundbreaking, observational films in the 1960s.
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A.
David Pilger
David Pilger is an individual notable enough to be recorded as a bearer of the surname Pilger, though no widely recognized public information about him is available.
-
B.
Joe Rosenthal
Joe Rosenthal was an American photojournalist best known for his iconic World War II photograph of U.S. Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima.
-
C.
Louis de Rochemont
Louis de Rochemont was an American film producer and documentarian best known for creating the newsreel series "The March of Time" and for pioneering a semi-documentary style in mid-20th-century cinema.
-
D.
William Pilger
William Pilger is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or prominent bearer of the surname Pilger.
-
E.
Robert Pilger
Robert Pilger is a relatively obscure individual about whom no widely known public or biographical information is readily available.
- 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_69bd43d4ce208190b53158c882b222e3 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd590411dc81909c55d1c42a4d44ef |
completed | March 20, 2026, 2:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bde0a18c90819083953e78fc6de8db |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:04 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bde2520f248190b746a322a3ec60bc |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:12 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bde2aaf654819093e1cb3a533fead1 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:13 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:10 p.m.