Triple

T985978
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Plan 9 from Outer Space E21280 entity
Predicate cinematographyBy P1953 FINISHED
Object William C. Thompson
William C. Thompson was an American cinematographer best known for his work on low-budget genre films, including several directed by Ed Wood.
E306427 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: William C. Thompson | Statement: [Plan 9 from Outer Space, cinematographyBy, William C. Thompson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William C. Thompson
Context triple: [Plan 9 from Outer Space, cinematographyBy, William C. Thompson]
  • A. Joseph C. Thompson
    Joseph C. Thompson is an American arts administrator best known for leading the development and long-term growth of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) into a major contemporary art institution.
  • B. John S. Thompson
    John S. Thompson was a Dutch engineer and resistance member during World War II, honored for his role in the liberation of the Netherlands.
  • C. Samuel J. Kirkwood
    Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
  • D. Edmund G. Ross
    Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
  • E. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • 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: William C. Thompson
Triple: [Plan 9 from Outer Space, cinematographyBy, William C. Thompson]
Generated description
William C. Thompson was an American cinematographer best known for his work on low-budget genre films, including several directed by Ed Wood.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William C. Thompson
Target entity description: William C. Thompson was an American cinematographer best known for his work on low-budget genre films, including several directed by Ed Wood.
  • A. Joseph C. Thompson
    Joseph C. Thompson is an American arts administrator best known for leading the development and long-term growth of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) into a major contemporary art institution.
  • B. John S. Thompson
    John S. Thompson was a Dutch engineer and resistance member during World War II, honored for his role in the liberation of the Netherlands.
  • C. Samuel J. Kirkwood
    Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
  • D. Edmund G. Ross
    Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
  • E. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • 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_69a4b496b7308190a9c201244330b784 completed March 1, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b01ccc410c819094800b656937b61e completed March 10, 2026, 1:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b020a6f0a48190b89b0f0f63b0a6ce completed March 10, 2026, 1:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b0216e565c819095b849d072813029 completed March 10, 2026, 1:49 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.