Triple

T4626394
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Deep End of the Ocean E101107 entity
Predicate director P255 FINISHED
Object Ulu Grosbard
Ulu Grosbard was a Belgian-born American film and theater director known for his nuanced, character-driven dramas such as "Straight Time" and "Georgia."
 E457478 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Ulu Grosbard | Statement: [The Deep End of the Ocean, director, Ulu Grosbard]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ulu Grosbard
Context triple: [The Deep End of the Ocean, director, Ulu Grosbard]
  • A. Martin Elfand
    Martin Elfand is an American film producer best known for his work on the acclaimed 1975 crime drama "Dog Day Afternoon."
  • B. Leon Feldhendler
    Leon Feldhendler was a Polish Jewish resistance leader and Holocaust survivor best known for co-organizing the 1943 prisoner uprising at the Sobibor extermination camp.
  • C. Myron Futterman
    Myron Futterman was an American businessman best known for being the first husband of actress Jane Wyman.
  • D. Ali Weinberg
    Ali Weinberg is an American journalist and television news producer known for her work covering politics for major U.S. news networks.
  • E. Poldek Pfefferberg
    Poldek Pfefferberg was a Polish Jewish Holocaust survivor and businessman who played a crucial role in publicizing Oskar Schindler’s story, inspiring the book and film "Schindler’s List."
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ulu Grosbard
Target entity description: Ulu Grosbard was a Belgian-born American film and theater director known for his nuanced, character-driven dramas such as "Straight Time" and "Georgia."
  • A. Martin Elfand
    Martin Elfand is an American film producer best known for his work on the acclaimed 1975 crime drama "Dog Day Afternoon."
  • B. Leon Feldhendler
    Leon Feldhendler was a Polish Jewish resistance leader and Holocaust survivor best known for co-organizing the 1943 prisoner uprising at the Sobibor extermination camp.
  • C. Myron Futterman
    Myron Futterman was an American businessman best known for being the first husband of actress Jane Wyman.
  • D. Ali Weinberg
    Ali Weinberg is an American journalist and television news producer known for her work covering politics for major U.S. news networks.
  • E. Poldek Pfefferberg
    Poldek Pfefferberg was a Polish Jewish Holocaust survivor and businessman who played a crucial role in publicizing Oskar Schindler’s story, inspiring the book and film "Schindler’s List."
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Ulu Grosbard
Triple: [The Deep End of the Ocean, director, Ulu Grosbard]
Generated description
Ulu Grosbard was a Belgian-born American film and theater director known for his nuanced, character-driven dramas such as "Straight Time" and "Georgia."

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69bd43d0497c8190ac23c65c5804846a elicitation completed
NER batch_69bd5a0a7b588190bc6552ee5babb198 ner completed
NED1 batch_69bdfaab30508190881828adab92ba22 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69bdfbf15f1481908b76bcdd37ebd4ce ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69bdfb56021081909b23d22770bf3c88 nedg completed
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:13 p.m.