Triple
T9681920
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Jazz Singer |
E234302
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Alan Crosland |
E234302
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Alan Crosland | Statement: [The Jazz Singer, director, Alan Crosland]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Crosland Context triple: [The Jazz Singer, director, Alan Crosland]
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A.
Alan Crosland
chosen
Alan Crosland was an American film director best known for pioneering early sound cinema with the landmark film "The Jazz Singer" (1927).
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B.
Alan Crosland Jr.
Alan Crosland Jr. was an American film editor and director active in mid-20th-century Hollywood, known for his work on numerous studio features and television productions.
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C.
Gordon Jennings
Gordon Jennings was an American special effects artist renowned for his pioneering visual effects work in mid-20th-century Hollywood science fiction and adventure films.
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D.
Alan Cottrell
Alan Cottrell was a prominent British metallurgist and materials scientist renowned for his pioneering work on the mechanical properties of metals and their defects.
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E.
Walter Clark
Walter Clark is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as law, politics, and the arts.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca84c99e34819092e5563a7106cfca |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd9c9fec1c8190b2626848cb2c1871 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d190fd1ad48190980e7bc3245046dc |
completed | April 4, 2026, 10:30 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:16 p.m.