Triple

T1199844
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gunga Din E25754 entity
Predicate cinematographyBy P1953 FINISHED
Object Joseph H. August
Joseph H. August was an American cinematographer known for his influential work in early Hollywood, particularly on classic adventure and Western films.
E450421 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: Joseph H. August | Statement: [Gunga Din, cinematographyBy, Joseph H. August]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph H. August
Context triple: [Gunga Din, cinematographyBy, Joseph H. August]
  • A. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • B. Charles R. Boling
    Charles R. Boling was a prominent supporter and benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose contributions led to the major campus venue Thompson–Boling Arena bearing his name.
  • C. John F. Sattler
    John F. Sattler is a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general known for his leadership of Marine forces during the Iraq War, including major operations in Fallujah.
  • D. Floyd E. Kellam
    Floyd E. Kellam was a prominent local figure in Virginia Beach, likely a civic leader or educator, for whom Kellam High School was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
  • E. James P. Speer
    James P. Speer is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Speer, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not clearly established in common reference sources.
  • 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: Joseph H. August
Triple: [Gunga Din, cinematographyBy, Joseph H. August]
Generated description
Joseph H. August was an American cinematographer known for his influential work in early Hollywood, particularly on classic adventure and Western films.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph H. August
Target entity description: Joseph H. August was an American cinematographer known for his influential work in early Hollywood, particularly on classic adventure and Western films.
  • A. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • B. Charles R. Boling
    Charles R. Boling was a prominent supporter and benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose contributions led to the major campus venue Thompson–Boling Arena bearing his name.
  • C. John F. Sattler
    John F. Sattler is a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general known for his leadership of Marine forces during the Iraq War, including major operations in Fallujah.
  • D. Floyd E. Kellam
    Floyd E. Kellam was a prominent local figure in Virginia Beach, likely a civic leader or educator, for whom Kellam High School was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
  • E. James P. Speer
    James P. Speer is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Speer, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not clearly established in common reference sources.
  • 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_69a49429f5ec8190a6a205eb0ae81e5e completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bd9d56748190a12fe4a30346f1d8 completed March 1, 2026, 10:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdacb883188190a213986b2816cde2 completed March 20, 2026, 8:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdad4e4a6c81908b5fabc7b0ec82b2 completed March 20, 2026, 8:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdadad12fc81908a2424e353eeca34 completed March 20, 2026, 8:27 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:46 p.m.