Triple
T9397016
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shadow of the Vampire |
E226168
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
E. Elias Merhige
E. Elias Merhige is an American filmmaker known for his visually experimental and often disturbing works, including the cult films "Begotten" and "Shadow of the Vampire."
|
E796866
|
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: E. Elias Merhige | Statement: [Shadow of the Vampire, director, E. Elias Merhige]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: E. Elias Merhige Context triple: [Shadow of the Vampire, director, E. Elias Merhige]
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A.
Tom Benedek
Tom Benedek is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the science fiction film "Cocoon."
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B.
Monte Hellman
Monte Hellman was an American film director and producer best known for his influential low-budget cult classics, including the road movie "Two-Lane Blacktop."
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C.
Russ Meyer
Russ Meyer was an American filmmaker best known for his low-budget, sexploitation cult films featuring satirical humor and voluptuous female leads.
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D.
Jon Amiel
Jon Amiel is a British film and television director known for works such as "The Singing Detective," "Copycat," and "Entrapment."
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E.
Jeannot Szwarc
Jeannot Szwarc is a French-American film and television director best known for helming major genre projects such as "Jaws 2," "Somewhere in Time," and numerous episodes of popular TV series.
- 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: E. Elias Merhige Triple: [Shadow of the Vampire, director, E. Elias Merhige]
Generated description
E. Elias Merhige is an American filmmaker known for his visually experimental and often disturbing works, including the cult films "Begotten" and "Shadow of the Vampire."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: E. Elias Merhige Target entity description: E. Elias Merhige is an American filmmaker known for his visually experimental and often disturbing works, including the cult films "Begotten" and "Shadow of the Vampire."
-
A.
Tom Benedek
Tom Benedek is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the science fiction film "Cocoon."
-
B.
Monte Hellman
Monte Hellman was an American film director and producer best known for his influential low-budget cult classics, including the road movie "Two-Lane Blacktop."
-
C.
Russ Meyer
Russ Meyer was an American filmmaker best known for his low-budget, sexploitation cult films featuring satirical humor and voluptuous female leads.
-
D.
Jon Amiel
Jon Amiel is a British film and television director known for works such as "The Singing Detective," "Copycat," and "Entrapment."
-
E.
Jeannot Szwarc
Jeannot Szwarc is a French-American film and television director best known for helming major genre projects such as "Jaws 2," "Somewhere in Time," and numerous episodes of popular TV series.
- 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_69ca842f7e3481908bf5bcf52e032dbd |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd51528b2481908ca1f1840d2594b4 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 5:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1011aef64819085cbb7e04c2d87b2 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 12:16 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d1054d18ec8190b88dc95f785a370a |
completed | April 4, 2026, 12:34 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d105b7570481909f90b7588e210667 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 12:36 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:46 p.m.