Triple

T1099152
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William C. deMille E24338 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object Henry de Mille
Henry de Mille was an American playwright and educator of the late 19th century, known for his successful stage works and as the father of film directors William C. deMille and Cecil B. DeMille.
E176127 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: Henry de Mille | Statement: [William C. deMille, father, Henry de Mille]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry de Mille
Context triple: [William C. deMille, father, Henry de Mille]
  • A. William C. deMille
    William C. deMille was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director of the silent and early sound era, known for his sophisticated dramas and as the brother of famed director Cecil B. DeMille.
  • B. Rex Ingram
    Rex Ingram was a prominent Irish-American silent film director of the early 20th century, known for his visually innovative and epic productions in Hollywood.
  • C. Clarence Brown
    Clarence Brown was an American film director best known for his work during Hollywood’s silent and early sound eras, directing classics such as "Anna Christie," "National Velvet," and several Greta Garbo films.
  • D. John Blount DeMille
    John Blount DeMille was a member of the prominent DeMille family connected to early Hollywood cinema.
  • E. Albert Hackett
    Albert Hackett was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for co-writing classic films such as "The Thin Man" and "It's a Wonderful Life," often in collaboration with his wife Frances Goodrich.
  • 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: Henry de Mille
Triple: [William C. deMille, father, Henry de Mille]
Generated description
Henry de Mille was an American playwright and educator of the late 19th century, known for his successful stage works and as the father of film directors William C. deMille and Cecil B. DeMille.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry de Mille
Target entity description: Henry de Mille was an American playwright and educator of the late 19th century, known for his successful stage works and as the father of film directors William C. deMille and Cecil B. DeMille.
  • A. William C. deMille
    William C. deMille was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director of the silent and early sound era, known for his sophisticated dramas and as the brother of famed director Cecil B. DeMille.
  • B. Rex Ingram
    Rex Ingram was a prominent Irish-American silent film director of the early 20th century, known for his visually innovative and epic productions in Hollywood.
  • C. Clarence Brown
    Clarence Brown was an American film director best known for his work during Hollywood’s silent and early sound eras, directing classics such as "Anna Christie," "National Velvet," and several Greta Garbo films.
  • D. John Blount DeMille
    John Blount DeMille was a member of the prominent DeMille family connected to early Hollywood cinema.
  • E. Albert Hackett
    Albert Hackett was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for co-writing classic films such as "The Thin Man" and "It's a Wonderful Life," often in collaboration with his wife Frances Goodrich.
  • 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_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_69ad307e887c81909f81473a2f02c2ba completed March 8, 2026, 8:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad34696ec88190b6c5eb2070041cb6 completed March 8, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad348789348190a13720ccb760489f completed March 8, 2026, 8:34 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.