Triple

T9131807
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Newton Thomas Sigel E219103 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Sigel
Sigel is a surname most notably associated with American cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel, known for his work on major Hollywood films.
E780237 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: Sigel | Statement: [Newton Thomas Sigel, familyName, Sigel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sigel
Context triple: [Newton Thomas Sigel, familyName, Sigel]
  • A. Siegl
    Siegl is the surname of Zev Siegl, an American entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of Starbucks.
  • B. Sieg
    The Sieg is a river in western Germany that flows through North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate before joining the Rhine.
  • C. Sig Ruman
    Sig Ruman was a German-American character actor known for his comedic and often blustery roles in classic Hollywood films, including several collaborations with the Marx Brothers and directors like Ernst Lubitsch.
  • D. Senger
    Senger is a variant form of the surname Singer, commonly found in German-speaking regions.
  • E. Strelsau
    Strelsau is the fictional capital city of the kingdom of Ruritania in Anthony Hope’s adventure novel "The Prisoner of Zenda."
  • 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: Sigel
Triple: [Newton Thomas Sigel, familyName, Sigel]
Generated description
Sigel is a surname most notably associated with American cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel, known for his work on major Hollywood films.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sigel
Target entity description: Sigel is a surname most notably associated with American cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel, known for his work on major Hollywood films.
  • A. Siegl
    Siegl is the surname of Zev Siegl, an American entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of Starbucks.
  • B. Sieg
    The Sieg is a river in western Germany that flows through North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate before joining the Rhine.
  • C. Sig Ruman
    Sig Ruman was a German-American character actor known for his comedic and often blustery roles in classic Hollywood films, including several collaborations with the Marx Brothers and directors like Ernst Lubitsch.
  • D. Senger
    Senger is a variant form of the surname Singer, commonly found in German-speaking regions.
  • E. Strelsau
    Strelsau is the fictional capital city of the kingdom of Ruritania in Anthony Hope’s adventure novel "The Prisoner of Zenda."
  • 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_69ca83debfc0819095800583e97ab10f completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cca8ceea6c81909f368f12dac1649c completed April 1, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d047dc25208190a720910e6d43199b completed April 3, 2026, 11:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d049058dec81909854965276252808 completed April 3, 2026, 11:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d049913b7481909ccbaf4999e37c06 completed April 3, 2026, 11:13 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:18 p.m.