Triple
T984187
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Greatest Show on Earth (1952 film) |
E21241
|
entity |
| Predicate | writtenBy |
P806
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Theodore St. John
Theodore St. John was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the Academy Award-winning circus drama film "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952).
|
E250560
|
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: Theodore St. John | Statement: [The Greatest Show on Earth (1952 film), writtenBy, Theodore St. John]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodore St. John Context triple: [The Greatest Show on Earth (1952 film), writtenBy, Theodore St. John]
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A.
Theodore Roberts
Theodore Roberts was an American stage and silent film actor best known for his commanding character roles in early 20th-century cinema.
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B.
Arthur Winslow
Arthur Winslow is the principled Edwardian father in Terence Rattigan’s play "The Winslow Boy," who risks his family’s security to clear his son’s name.
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C.
George Pardee
George Pardee was an American physician and Progressive-era politician who served as the 21st governor of California from 1903 to 1907.
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D.
Frederic McLaughlin
Frederic McLaughlin was an American businessman and sports executive best known for establishing and owning the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks in the early 20th century.
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E.
Augustus Trowbridge
Augustus Trowbridge was an American physicist and academic known for his work in optics and for mentoring influential engineers and scientists in the early 20th century.
- 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: Theodore St. John Triple: [The Greatest Show on Earth (1952 film), writtenBy, Theodore St. John]
Generated description
Theodore St. John was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the Academy Award-winning circus drama film "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952).
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodore St. John Target entity description: Theodore St. John was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the Academy Award-winning circus drama film "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952).
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A.
Theodore Roberts
Theodore Roberts was an American stage and silent film actor best known for his commanding character roles in early 20th-century cinema.
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B.
Arthur Winslow
Arthur Winslow is the principled Edwardian father in Terence Rattigan’s play "The Winslow Boy," who risks his family’s security to clear his son’s name.
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C.
George Pardee
George Pardee was an American physician and Progressive-era politician who served as the 21st governor of California from 1903 to 1907.
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D.
Frederic McLaughlin
Frederic McLaughlin was an American businessman and sports executive best known for establishing and owning the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks in the early 20th century.
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E.
Augustus Trowbridge
Augustus Trowbridge was an American physicist and academic known for his work in optics and for mentoring influential engineers and scientists in the early 20th century.
- 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_69a493c383dc8190a03257f22d4b4183 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b493f5dc819090d239c2f7e083de |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae7190fb84819095e6ebf2eeb50148 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:06 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae75ad4f188190ba6edb78f0c32843 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:24 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae7610cb28819084c1898c4103aceb |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:26 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.