Triple
T6114932
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Phillip Noyce |
E136335
|
entity |
| Predicate | directed |
P7373
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Quiet American
The Quiet American is a 2002 film adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel, set in 1950s Vietnam and exploring political intrigue, moral ambiguity, and the early stages of U.S. involvement in the region.
|
E571389
|
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: The Quiet American | Statement: [Phillip Noyce, directed, The Quiet American]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Quiet American Context triple: [Phillip Noyce, directed, The Quiet American]
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A.
The Quiet American
The Quiet American is a 1955 political novel by Graham Greene that explores moral ambiguity, love, and early U.S. involvement in Vietnam through the intertwined lives of a British journalist and an idealistic American.
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B.
The Sand Pebbles
The Sand Pebbles is a 1966 American war drama film set in 1920s China, starring Steve McQueen as a U.S. Navy machinist’s mate aboard a gunboat on the Yangtze River.
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C.
The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil is a 2006 romantic drama film directed by John Curran, adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s novel about a troubled marriage tested during a cholera epidemic in 1920s China.
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D.
An American in Washington
"An American in Washington" is a book by Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist and humorist Russell Baker, offering his characteristically witty observations on American politics and life in the nation’s capital.
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E.
The Lieutenant
The Lieutenant is a 1960s American television drama series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the professional and personal challenges of a young U.S. Marine Corps officer.
- 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: The Quiet American Triple: [Phillip Noyce, directed, The Quiet American]
Generated description
The Quiet American is a 2002 film adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel, set in 1950s Vietnam and exploring political intrigue, moral ambiguity, and the early stages of U.S. involvement in the region.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Quiet American Target entity description: The Quiet American is a 2002 film adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel, set in 1950s Vietnam and exploring political intrigue, moral ambiguity, and the early stages of U.S. involvement in the region.
-
A.
The Quiet American
The Quiet American is a 1955 political novel by Graham Greene that explores moral ambiguity, love, and early U.S. involvement in Vietnam through the intertwined lives of a British journalist and an idealistic American.
-
B.
The Sand Pebbles
The Sand Pebbles is a 1966 American war drama film set in 1920s China, starring Steve McQueen as a U.S. Navy machinist’s mate aboard a gunboat on the Yangtze River.
-
C.
The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil is a 2006 romantic drama film directed by John Curran, adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s novel about a troubled marriage tested during a cholera epidemic in 1920s China.
-
D.
An American in Washington
"An American in Washington" is a book by Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist and humorist Russell Baker, offering his characteristically witty observations on American politics and life in the nation’s capital.
-
E.
The Lieutenant
The Lieutenant is a 1960s American television drama series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the professional and personal challenges of a young U.S. Marine Corps officer.
- 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_69c0089ea6f88190b349be53e04b4f5f |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c05bc0bee08190ab93eae34ea8cdde |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c1359ed8608190a99c9e5b0f384c63 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:44 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c13732881881909c56f7c6f4540104 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:50 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c137a10d908190a23c8be20277e803 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:52 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:14 p.m.