Triple
T5913317
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ken Burns |
E131516
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Kenneth Lauren Burns |
E131516
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Kenneth Lauren Burns | Statement: [Ken Burns, fullName, Kenneth Lauren Burns]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth Lauren Burns Context triple: [Ken Burns, fullName, Kenneth Lauren Burns]
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A.
Ken Burns
chosen
Ken Burns is an acclaimed American documentary filmmaker renowned for his in-depth, archival-driven films on U.S. history, including landmark series such as "The Civil War" and "Baseball."
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B.
Errol Morris
Errol Morris is an American documentary filmmaker renowned for his innovative interview techniques and acclaimed films such as "The Thin Blue Line" and "The Fog of War."
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C.
Geoffrey C. Ward
Geoffrey C. Ward is an American historian, biographer, and screenwriter best known for his collaborations with filmmaker Ken Burns on acclaimed documentary series such as "The Civil War," "Jazz," and "The Roosevelts."
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D.
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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E.
Lynn Novick
Lynn Novick is an American documentary filmmaker best known for her long-running collaborations with Ken Burns on acclaimed historical series such as "The Vietnam War," "Prohibition," and "Jazz."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c008593a44819081a07ae0efe6c574 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c037b85c7481908bc9da9d38e02d2b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0c01ddd30819088571c5b56dbae83 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 4:22 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:59 p.m.