Triple

T6884761
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Argosy Pictures E158888 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object They Were Expendable
They Were Expendable is a 1945 World War II drama film directed by John Ford that follows U.S. Navy PT boat crews in the Philippines during the early days of the war.
E625976 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: They Were Expendable | Statement: [Argosy Pictures, notableWork, They Were Expendable]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: They Were Expendable
Context triple: [Argosy Pictures, notableWork, They Were Expendable]
  • A. The Dirty Dozen
    The Dirty Dozen is a 1967 World War II action film about a group of convicted military prisoners sent on a dangerous suicide mission, renowned for its ensemble cast and gritty, anti-authoritarian tone.
  • B. Von Ryan's Express
    Von Ryan's Express is a 1965 World War II adventure film starring Frank Sinatra as an American POW leading a daring escape from a German prison camp by hijacking a train.
  • C. Pride of the Marines
    Pride of the Marines is a 1945 World War II drama film starring John Garfield as a Marine who must adjust to life after being blinded in combat.
  • D. Hellcats of the Navy
    Hellcats of the Navy is a 1957 World War II submarine film best known for featuring future U.S. President Ronald Reagan and his then-wife Nancy Reagan together on screen.
  • E. Three Soldiers
    Three Soldiers is a World War I novel by John Dos Passos that portrays the dehumanizing effects of military life on three American soldiers.
  • 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: They Were Expendable
Triple: [Argosy Pictures, notableWork, They Were Expendable]
Generated description
They Were Expendable is a 1945 World War II drama film directed by John Ford that follows U.S. Navy PT boat crews in the Philippines during the early days of the war.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: They Were Expendable
Target entity description: They Were Expendable is a 1945 World War II drama film directed by John Ford that follows U.S. Navy PT boat crews in the Philippines during the early days of the war.
  • A. The Dirty Dozen
    The Dirty Dozen is a 1967 World War II action film about a group of convicted military prisoners sent on a dangerous suicide mission, renowned for its ensemble cast and gritty, anti-authoritarian tone.
  • B. Von Ryan's Express
    Von Ryan's Express is a 1965 World War II adventure film starring Frank Sinatra as an American POW leading a daring escape from a German prison camp by hijacking a train.
  • C. Pride of the Marines
    Pride of the Marines is a 1945 World War II drama film starring John Garfield as a Marine who must adjust to life after being blinded in combat.
  • D. Hellcats of the Navy
    Hellcats of the Navy is a 1957 World War II submarine film best known for featuring future U.S. President Ronald Reagan and his then-wife Nancy Reagan together on screen.
  • E. Three Soldiers
    Three Soldiers is a World War I novel by John Dos Passos that portrays the dehumanizing effects of military life on three American soldiers.
  • 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_69c688342f6c8190ad7eea6ba262db99 completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d90a2590819092ff253dd66ebe8b completed March 27, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c742d652088190a65e06eb7fe79cfc completed March 28, 2026, 2:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7441117ec8190b9b355c474289010 completed March 28, 2026, 2:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c744a20bd481908a7c6aaa6383a68f completed March 28, 2026, 3:01 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:23 p.m.