Triple

T5140158
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject A Star Is Born (1937 film) E115925 entity
Predicate cinematographer P1953 FINISHED
Object W. Howard Greene
W. Howard Greene was an American cinematographer noted for his pioneering work in early Technicolor films and multiple Academy Award–recognized achievements in color cinematography.
E526901 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: W. Howard Greene | Statement: [A Star Is Born (1937 film), cinematographer, W. Howard Greene]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W. Howard Greene
Context triple: [A Star Is Born (1937 film), cinematographer, W. Howard Greene]
  • A. Howard J. Green
    Howard J. Green was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s early sound era, known for his work on several prominent 1930s films.
  • B. Cecil H. Green
    Cecil H. Green was a British-born American geophysicist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a major benefactor of educational and research institutions.
  • C. Bernard L. Green
    Bernard L. Green was an architect known for designing the building known as The Big House.
  • D. Ward Greene
    Ward Greene was an American writer and editor best known for creating the story that inspired Disney’s animated film "Lady and the Tramp."
  • E. Howard Sprague
    Howard Sprague is a mild-mannered, bookish county clerk and later bureaucrat character from the classic American television series "The Andy Griffith Show" and its spin-offs, set in the fictional town of Mayberry.
  • 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: W. Howard Greene
Triple: [A Star Is Born (1937 film), cinematographer, W. Howard Greene]
Generated description
W. Howard Greene was an American cinematographer noted for his pioneering work in early Technicolor films and multiple Academy Award–recognized achievements in color cinematography.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W. Howard Greene
Target entity description: W. Howard Greene was an American cinematographer noted for his pioneering work in early Technicolor films and multiple Academy Award–recognized achievements in color cinematography.
  • A. Howard J. Green
    Howard J. Green was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s early sound era, known for his work on several prominent 1930s films.
  • B. Cecil H. Green
    Cecil H. Green was a British-born American geophysicist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a major benefactor of educational and research institutions.
  • C. Bernard L. Green
    Bernard L. Green was an architect known for designing the building known as The Big House.
  • D. Ward Greene
    Ward Greene was an American writer and editor best known for creating the story that inspired Disney’s animated film "Lady and the Tramp."
  • E. Howard Sprague
    Howard Sprague is a mild-mannered, bookish county clerk and later bureaucrat character from the classic American television series "The Andy Griffith Show" and its spin-offs, set in the fictional town of Mayberry.
  • 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_69bd44459a988190a772a5c2ec6a1965 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd787ce7fc8190844b6078755cddad completed March 20, 2026, 4:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bfcb931f908190b72d825b95ae4861 completed March 22, 2026, 10:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bfcc18e6dc8190898af6fdb0b17cbc completed March 22, 2026, 11:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bfcc796c808190bb9f83a7014ef7db completed March 22, 2026, 11:03 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:43 p.m.