Triple

T11948859
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Criterion Theatre E284374 entity
Predicate hasProduction P26032 FINISHED
Object The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps is a comedic stage adaptation of John Buchan’s novel and Alfred Hitchcock’s film, known for its fast-paced, minimalist staging and a small cast playing numerous roles.
E955957 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: The 39 Steps | Statement: [Criterion Theatre, hasProduction, The 39 Steps]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The 39 Steps
Context triple: [Criterion Theatre, hasProduction, The 39 Steps]
  • A. The 39 Steps
    The 39 Steps is a classic 1935 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, renowned for its blend of suspense, humor, and the “wrong man” chase narrative that became a hallmark of his style.
  • B. The 39 Steps (1959 film)
    The 39 Steps (1959 film) is a British thriller adaptation of John Buchan’s novel and Alfred Hitchcock’s earlier film, following an innocent man entangled in a spy conspiracy while on the run across the UK.
  • C. The Riddle of the Sands (film)
    The Riddle of the Sands is a 1979 British adventure thriller film, adapted from Erskine Childers’ classic espionage novel about two yachtsmen uncovering a German invasion plot in the North Sea.
  • D. The Big Clock
    The Big Clock is a 1948 film noir thriller about a magazine editor who becomes the prime suspect in a murder he is secretly investigating.
  • E. Peril at End House
    Peril at End House is a classic detective novel by Agatha Christie featuring Hercule Poirot as he investigates a series of attempted murders at a seaside estate in Cornwall.
  • 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: The 39 Steps
Triple: [Criterion Theatre, hasProduction, The 39 Steps]
Generated description
The 39 Steps is a comedic stage adaptation of John Buchan’s novel and Alfred Hitchcock’s film, known for its fast-paced, minimalist staging and a small cast playing numerous roles.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The 39 Steps
Target entity description: The 39 Steps is a comedic stage adaptation of John Buchan’s novel and Alfred Hitchcock’s film, known for its fast-paced, minimalist staging and a small cast playing numerous roles.
  • A. The 39 Steps
    The 39 Steps is a classic 1935 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, renowned for its blend of suspense, humor, and the “wrong man” chase narrative that became a hallmark of his style.
  • B. The 39 Steps (1959 film)
    The 39 Steps (1959 film) is a British thriller adaptation of John Buchan’s novel and Alfred Hitchcock’s earlier film, following an innocent man entangled in a spy conspiracy while on the run across the UK.
  • C. The Riddle of the Sands (film)
    The Riddle of the Sands is a 1979 British adventure thriller film, adapted from Erskine Childers’ classic espionage novel about two yachtsmen uncovering a German invasion plot in the North Sea.
  • D. The Big Clock
    The Big Clock is a 1948 film noir thriller about a magazine editor who becomes the prime suspect in a murder he is secretly investigating.
  • E. Peril at End House
    Peril at End House is a classic detective novel by Agatha Christie featuring Hercule Poirot as he investigates a series of attempted murders at a seaside estate in Cornwall.
  • 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_69d6ab2db38c8190b1f0ed6663ef8ada completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d90346825c8190ab4482a1fc8eed56 completed April 10, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f458e003a0819082d052fd0bb88d8b completed May 1, 2026, 7:40 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f4645a7038819089d7533715f8a430 completed May 1, 2026, 8:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f4664ff9608190b23e29b3e5c1c326 completed May 1, 2026, 8:37 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:45 p.m.