Triple

T11050204
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Toy Soldiers E261224 entity
Predicate cinematographer P1953 FINISHED
Object Thomas Burstyn
Thomas Burstyn is a cinematographer known for his work on films such as "Toy Soldiers" and various other feature and television projects.
E903501 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: Thomas Burstyn | Statement: [Toy Soldiers, cinematographer, Thomas Burstyn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Burstyn
Context triple: [Toy Soldiers, cinematographer, Thomas Burstyn]
  • A. Richard Thomas
    Richard Thomas is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as John-Boy Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
  • B. James Keach
    James Keach is an American actor, director, and producer known for his work in films such as "Walk the Line" and for his long career in both film and television.
  • C. Shea Whigham
    Shea Whigham is an American character actor known for his intense, often gritty supporting roles in film and television, including prominent parts in series like "Boardwalk Empire" and numerous acclaimed movies.
  • D. Lucas Reiner
    Lucas Reiner is an American painter, photographer, and filmmaker known for his contemplative urban and nature-themed artworks and for being part of the creative Reiner family.
  • E. Danny Huston
    Danny Huston is an American actor and director known for his character roles in films such as "The Constant Gardener," "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," and "Wonder Woman."
  • 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: Thomas Burstyn
Triple: [Toy Soldiers, cinematographer, Thomas Burstyn]
Generated description
Thomas Burstyn is a cinematographer known for his work on films such as "Toy Soldiers" and various other feature and television projects.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Burstyn
Target entity description: Thomas Burstyn is a cinematographer known for his work on films such as "Toy Soldiers" and various other feature and television projects.
  • A. Richard Thomas
    Richard Thomas is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as John-Boy Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
  • B. James Keach
    James Keach is an American actor, director, and producer known for his work in films such as "Walk the Line" and for his long career in both film and television.
  • C. Shea Whigham
    Shea Whigham is an American character actor known for his intense, often gritty supporting roles in film and television, including prominent parts in series like "Boardwalk Empire" and numerous acclaimed movies.
  • D. Lucas Reiner
    Lucas Reiner is an American painter, photographer, and filmmaker known for his contemplative urban and nature-themed artworks and for being part of the creative Reiner family.
  • E. Danny Huston
    Danny Huston is an American actor and director known for his character roles in films such as "The Constant Gardener," "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," and "Wonder Woman."
  • 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_69d6aa98650481908609c7c56bfa7902 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d79868c78881908c8e3672c05ae7ec completed April 9, 2026, 12:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e3c851d5408190b12250a2a1322874 completed April 18, 2026, 6:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e3da8fbd388190898f4f52613543d3 completed April 18, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e3dbbc784c8190a286bd5eb11bc44e completed April 18, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:26 p.m.