Triple
T1099135
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William C. deMille |
E24338
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Churchill de Mille
William Churchill de Mille was an American screenwriter and film director of the silent era, and the elder brother of famed director Cecil B. DeMille.
|
E24683
|
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 Churchill de Mille | Statement: [William C. deMille, birthName, William Churchill de Mille]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Churchill de Mille Context triple: [William C. deMille, birthName, William Churchill de Mille]
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A.
Robert Archibald Shaw
Robert Archibald Shaw was a British actor and writer best known for his roles in films such as "Jaws," "From Russia with Love," and "The Sting."
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B.
Henry Churchill DeMille
Henry Churchill DeMille was an American playwright and screenwriter of the late 19th century whose work helped lay early foundations for popular American theater.
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C.
M. G. Mellon
M. G. Mellon was a distinguished chemist recognized for his outstanding contributions to the field, as evidenced by his receipt of the American Chemical Society’s highest honor, the Priestley Medal.
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D.
Robert Luce
Robert Luce was an American politician and author who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts in the early 20th century.
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E.
Felix de Weldon
Felix de Weldon was an Austrian-American sculptor best known for creating the iconic Iwo Jima flag-raising statue and numerous other public monuments.
- 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 Churchill de Mille Triple: [William C. deMille, birthName, William Churchill de Mille]
Generated description
William Churchill de Mille was an American screenwriter and film director of the silent era, and the elder brother of famed director Cecil B. DeMille.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Churchill de Mille Target entity description: William Churchill de Mille was an American screenwriter and film director of the silent era, and the elder brother of famed director Cecil B. DeMille.
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A.
Robert Archibald Shaw
Robert Archibald Shaw was a British actor and writer best known for his roles in films such as "Jaws," "From Russia with Love," and "The Sting."
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B.
Henry Churchill DeMille
chosen
Henry Churchill DeMille was an American playwright and screenwriter of the late 19th century whose work helped lay early foundations for popular American theater.
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C.
M. G. Mellon
M. G. Mellon was a distinguished chemist recognized for his outstanding contributions to the field, as evidenced by his receipt of the American Chemical Society’s highest honor, the Priestley Medal.
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D.
Sylvester Churchill
Sylvester Churchill was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and Inspector General noted for his service in the Mexican–American War, for whom Churchill County in Nevada is named.
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E.
Robert Luce
Robert Luce was an American politician and author who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above.
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_69a4940542308190ac2a0b1f730b7cfc |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b9bd4eec819094fe09e13b7b07b8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acce55b5748190b54b8205a735ae89 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:18 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69accf47541481909f2032cdf8e4272b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:22 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69accff8af488190a7580cf7c02ceed9 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:25 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.