Triple
T6538681
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Laura (film) |
E168229
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Waldo Lydecker
Waldo Lydecker is a sophisticated, acerbic newspaper columnist and the possessive mentor-figure whose obsessive fascination with the title character drives much of the mystery in the classic film noir "Laura."
|
E605847
|
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: Waldo Lydecker | Statement: [Laura (film), character, Waldo Lydecker]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Waldo Lydecker Context triple: [Laura (film), character, Waldo Lydecker]
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A.
Ralph Winter
Ralph Winter is an American film producer best known for his work on major genre franchises such as the X-Men series and the Star Trek films.
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B.
Winston Hibler
Winston Hibler was an American screenwriter, producer, and narrator best known for his long association with Walt Disney Studios, where he contributed to classic animated features and nature documentaries.
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C.
Lyman Ward
Lyman Ward is a Canadian-American actor best known for playing Ferris Bueller’s father in the 1986 film "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off."
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D.
Walter Brewster
Walter Brewster was a prominent local landowner and early settler after whom the Village of Brewster in New York was named.
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E.
Walter Nelson
Walter Nelson was an attorney who served on the defense team in the landmark Ossian Sweet murder trial, which challenged racial injustice in 1920s Detroit.
- 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: Waldo Lydecker Triple: [Laura (film), character, Waldo Lydecker]
Generated description
Waldo Lydecker is a sophisticated, acerbic newspaper columnist and the possessive mentor-figure whose obsessive fascination with the title character drives much of the mystery in the classic film noir "Laura."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Waldo Lydecker Target entity description: Waldo Lydecker is a sophisticated, acerbic newspaper columnist and the possessive mentor-figure whose obsessive fascination with the title character drives much of the mystery in the classic film noir "Laura."
-
A.
Ralph Winter
Ralph Winter is an American film producer best known for his work on major genre franchises such as the X-Men series and the Star Trek films.
-
B.
Winston Hibler
Winston Hibler was an American screenwriter, producer, and narrator best known for his long association with Walt Disney Studios, where he contributed to classic animated features and nature documentaries.
-
C.
Lyman Ward
Lyman Ward is a Canadian-American actor best known for playing Ferris Bueller’s father in the 1986 film "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off."
-
D.
Walter Brewster
Walter Brewster was a prominent local landowner and early settler after whom the Village of Brewster in New York was named.
-
E.
Walter Nelson
Walter Nelson was an attorney who served on the defense team in the landmark Ossian Sweet murder trial, which challenged racial injustice in 1920s Detroit.
- 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_69c68a51564081909e93aee0dbd9cca3 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:46 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6add4b7f881909e485325c353f51c |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c6d5389fac8190bbad946de79d6086 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:06 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c6d6dad26481908ac4bc0ed703091b |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:13 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c6d833d84c819083ffc81bda7d35d4 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:19 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:49 p.m.