Triple

T6503784
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Seven Sinners (1940 film) E148954 entity
Predicate artDirector P7743 FINISHED
Object Jack Otterson
Jack Otterson was an American art director known for his prolific work on Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s, often contributing to the visual style of major studio productions.
E600508 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Jack Otterson | Statement: [Seven Sinners (1940 film), artDirector, Jack Otterson]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack Otterson
Context triple: [Seven Sinners (1940 film), artDirector, Jack Otterson]
  • A. Woodie
    Woodie is a central character known for embodying the laid-back, carefree spirit associated with "good vibes."
  • B. Leon Frierson
    Leon Frierson is an American actor and comedian best known for being a cast member on the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series "All That" in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
  • C. Hoagy Carmichael
    Hoagy Carmichael was an American composer, pianist, singer, and actor best known for writing enduring jazz and pop standards such as "Stardust," "Georgia on My Mind," and "Heart and Soul."
  • D. James Dooley
    James Dooley is a composer best known for creating dramatic, cinematic music often used in film, television, and trailer scores.
  • E. Charlie Dunbar
    Charlie Dunbar Broad was a prominent 20th-century British philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, ethics, and the philosophy of mind.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack Otterson
Target entity description: Jack Otterson was an American art director known for his prolific work on Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s, often contributing to the visual style of major studio productions.
  • A. Woodie
    Woodie is a central character known for embodying the laid-back, carefree spirit associated with "good vibes."
  • B. Leon Frierson
    Leon Frierson is an American actor and comedian best known for being a cast member on the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series "All That" in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
  • C. Hoagy Carmichael
    Hoagy Carmichael was an American composer, pianist, singer, and actor best known for writing enduring jazz and pop standards such as "Stardust," "Georgia on My Mind," and "Heart and Soul."
  • D. James Dooley
    James Dooley is a composer best known for creating dramatic, cinematic music often used in film, television, and trailer scores.
  • E. Charlie Dunbar
    Charlie Dunbar Broad was a prominent 20th-century British philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, ethics, and the philosophy of mind.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Jack Otterson
Triple: [Seven Sinners (1940 film), artDirector, Jack Otterson]
Generated description
Jack Otterson was an American art director known for his prolific work on Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s, often contributing to the visual style of major studio productions.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c687e9ad288190bae5bcac9c8ac855 elicitation completed
NER batch_69c699647ad08190ac0bfd78907d0c3b ner completed
NED1 batch_69c6cb3c524481909d9c822e928dc821 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69c6cdfc23988190a4062abbcc312cb4 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69c6cd03c56c8190a0e7c69597ab8c83 nedg completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:42 p.m.