Triple
T597443
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nicholas Nickleby (2002 film) |
E11417
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Douglas McGrath
Douglas McGrath was an American screenwriter, director, and actor known for his literary adaptations and collaborations with Woody Allen.
|
E141781
|
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: Douglas McGrath | Statement: [Nicholas Nickleby (2002 film), director, Douglas McGrath]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas McGrath Context triple: [Nicholas Nickleby (2002 film), director, Douglas McGrath]
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A.
Rob McKenna
Rob McKenna is an American attorney and politician best known for serving as the Attorney General of Washington State.
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B.
Rob McKenna
Rob McKenna is a perpetually rain-plagued lorry driver in Douglas Adams' "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish," humorously revealed to be a Rain God unknowingly worshipped by clouds.
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C.
Laird Doyle
Laird Doyle was an American screenwriter active in early Hollywood, known for adapting literary works for the screen.
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D.
Andrew Duggan
Andrew Duggan was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1950s through the 1980s.
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E.
William McGann
William McGann was an American cinematographer and film director active in early 20th-century Hollywood, known for his work on adventure and genre films.
- 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: Douglas McGrath Triple: [Nicholas Nickleby (2002 film), director, Douglas McGrath]
Generated description
Douglas McGrath was an American screenwriter, director, and actor known for his literary adaptations and collaborations with Woody Allen.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas McGrath Target entity description: Douglas McGrath was an American screenwriter, director, and actor known for his literary adaptations and collaborations with Woody Allen.
-
A.
Rob McKenna
Rob McKenna is an American attorney and politician best known for serving as the Attorney General of Washington State.
-
B.
Rob McKenna
Rob McKenna is a perpetually rain-plagued lorry driver in Douglas Adams' "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish," humorously revealed to be a Rain God unknowingly worshipped by clouds.
-
C.
Laird Doyle
Laird Doyle was an American screenwriter active in early Hollywood, known for adapting literary works for the screen.
-
D.
Andrew Duggan
Andrew Duggan was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1950s through the 1980s.
-
E.
William McGann
William McGann was an American cinematographer and film director active in early 20th-century Hollywood, known for his work on adventure and genre films.
- 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_69a4932779b881908688590d59c71900 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49d2b98d08190a1c1e8659efdfd75 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:10 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac8f5d714c819093dfb8c3da35da4f |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:49 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac8fd90ea88190b154bb7d72768dae |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:51 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac90412d3881909278a9a6c6536ce3 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:53 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.