Triple

T1029072
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Howard Da Silva E22207 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object They Live by Night
They Live by Night is a 1948 American film noir crime drama, directed by Nicholas Ray, about a young fugitive couple on the run.
E119635 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: They Live by Night | Statement: [Howard Da Silva, notableWork, They Live by Night]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: They Live by Night
Context triple: [Howard Da Silva, notableWork, They Live by Night]
  • A. The Postman Always Rings Twice
    The Postman Always Rings Twice is a classic 1946 American film noir crime drama, based on James M. Cain’s novel, about a drifter and a married woman who plot a murder that spirals into betrayal and tragedy.
  • B. Johnny Guitar
    Johnny Guitar is a 1954 cult-classic Western film, noted for its unconventional style, strong female lead, and subversive take on genre conventions.
  • C. White Heat
    White Heat is a 1949 American film noir crime drama directed by Raoul Walsh, renowned for James Cagney’s iconic performance as psychotic gangster Cody Jarrett and its explosive finale.
  • D. In a Lonely Place
    In a Lonely Place is a 1950 film noir drama starring Humphrey Bogart as a troubled screenwriter suspected of murder, noted for its dark psychological complexity and cynical view of Hollywood and relationships.
  • E. Bonnie and Clyde
    Bonnie and Clyde is a landmark 1967 American crime film that revolutionized Hollywood with its stylish depiction of violence, antihero protagonists, and countercultural sensibilities.
  • 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: They Live by Night
Triple: [Howard Da Silva, notableWork, They Live by Night]
Generated description
They Live by Night is a 1948 American film noir crime drama, directed by Nicholas Ray, about a young fugitive couple on the run.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: They Live by Night
Target entity description: They Live by Night is a 1948 American film noir crime drama, directed by Nicholas Ray, about a young fugitive couple on the run.
  • A. The Postman Always Rings Twice
    The Postman Always Rings Twice is a classic 1946 American film noir crime drama, based on James M. Cain’s novel, about a drifter and a married woman who plot a murder that spirals into betrayal and tragedy.
  • B. Johnny Guitar
    Johnny Guitar is a 1954 cult-classic Western film, noted for its unconventional style, strong female lead, and subversive take on genre conventions.
  • C. White Heat
    White Heat is a 1949 American film noir crime drama directed by Raoul Walsh, renowned for James Cagney’s iconic performance as psychotic gangster Cody Jarrett and its explosive finale.
  • D. In a Lonely Place
    In a Lonely Place is a 1950 film noir drama starring Humphrey Bogart as a troubled screenwriter suspected of murder, noted for its dark psychological complexity and cynical view of Hollywood and relationships.
  • E. Bonnie and Clyde
    Bonnie and Clyde is a landmark 1967 American crime film that revolutionized Hollywood with its stylish depiction of violence, antihero protagonists, and countercultural sensibilities.
  • 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_69a493d848848190aed4011b34b2e8d3 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b7f84c888190b5b9e44c7edb508f completed March 1, 2026, 10:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac3bbce0b88190b91380fca297cd38 completed March 7, 2026, 2:52 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac3cd7e87481909313eef251654654 completed March 7, 2026, 2:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac3d3ed140819087ede15c555e2f4d completed March 7, 2026, 2:59 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.