Triple
T5527345
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Four Feathers (1929 film) |
E144951
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lothar Mendes
Lothar Mendes was a German-born film director active in Hollywood and Britain during the early to mid-20th century, known for his work on both silent and sound films.
|
E534646
|
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: Lothar Mendes | Statement: [The Four Feathers (1929 film), director, Lothar Mendes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lothar Mendes Context triple: [The Four Feathers (1929 film), director, Lothar Mendes]
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A.
Walter Rohland
Walter Rohland was a German industrialist and steel executive who played a significant role in managing armaments production for Nazi Germany during World War II.
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B.
Anatol Ludwig Stiller
Anatol Ludwig Stiller is the enigmatic central character of Max Frisch’s novel "Stiller," known for his radical attempt to abandon his former identity and reinvent himself.
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C.
Herbert Lange
Herbert Lange was an SS officer and early commandant of the Chełmno (Kulmhof) extermination camp, where he played a key role in developing and implementing mass murder techniques during the Holocaust.
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D.
Volker Schlöndorff
Volker Schlöndorff is an acclaimed German film director and screenwriter, known for his influential adaptations of literary works and for winning the Palme d'Or and an Academy Award for "The Tin Drum."
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E.
Paul Henreid
Paul Henreid was an Austrian-born actor and director best known for his role as resistance leader Victor Laszlo in the classic film "Casablanca."
- 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: Lothar Mendes Triple: [The Four Feathers (1929 film), director, Lothar Mendes]
Generated description
Lothar Mendes was a German-born film director active in Hollywood and Britain during the early to mid-20th century, known for his work on both silent and sound films.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lothar Mendes Target entity description: Lothar Mendes was a German-born film director active in Hollywood and Britain during the early to mid-20th century, known for his work on both silent and sound films.
-
A.
Walter Rohland
Walter Rohland was a German industrialist and steel executive who played a significant role in managing armaments production for Nazi Germany during World War II.
-
B.
Anatol Ludwig Stiller
Anatol Ludwig Stiller is the enigmatic central character of Max Frisch’s novel "Stiller," known for his radical attempt to abandon his former identity and reinvent himself.
-
C.
Herbert Lange
Herbert Lange was an SS officer and early commandant of the Chełmno (Kulmhof) extermination camp, where he played a key role in developing and implementing mass murder techniques during the Holocaust.
-
D.
Volker Schlöndorff
Volker Schlöndorff is an acclaimed German film director and screenwriter, known for his influential adaptations of literary works and for winning the Palme d'Or and an Academy Award for "The Tin Drum."
-
E.
Paul Henreid
Paul Henreid was an Austrian-born actor and director best known for his role as resistance leader Victor Laszlo in the classic film "Casablanca."
- 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_69c008f873a481909b4d9f7e2db3c37d |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c01f8a34a48190bcbd0036f79246a9 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 4:57 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c04cd6ce3c8190ac5ef4c216190266 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:11 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c04e827bdc819086e01e7043400452 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:18 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c04f088a3c81909610f1a564960e0f |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:20 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:34 p.m.