Triple
T1200180
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Black Stallion |
E25761
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Carroll Ballard
Carroll Ballard is an American film director best known for his visually lyrical, nature-focused films such as "The Black Stallion" and "Never Cry Wolf."
|
E135991
|
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: Carroll Ballard | Statement: [The Black Stallion, director, Carroll Ballard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carroll Ballard Context triple: [The Black Stallion, director, Carroll Ballard]
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A.
Leslie Harter
Leslie Harter is a film producer known for her work in Hollywood and for being married to director Robert Zemeckis.
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B.
Warren Oates
Warren Oates was an American character actor known for his rugged, intense performances in films such as "The Wild Bunch," "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia," and numerous other Westerns and crime dramas of the 1960s and 1970s.
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C.
Mel Daniels
Mel Daniels was an American professional basketball center best known as a dominant force in the ABA, where he won multiple MVP awards and championships with the Indiana Pacers.
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D.
Paul Cushing Child
Paul Cushing Child was an American civil servant, artist, and gourmand best known as the supportive husband of famed chef and television personality Julia Child.
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E.
Jed Harris
Jed Harris was a prominent American theatrical producer and director known for staging influential Broadway productions in the mid-20th century.
- 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: Carroll Ballard Triple: [The Black Stallion, director, Carroll Ballard]
Generated description
Carroll Ballard is an American film director best known for his visually lyrical, nature-focused films such as "The Black Stallion" and "Never Cry Wolf."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carroll Ballard Target entity description: Carroll Ballard is an American film director best known for his visually lyrical, nature-focused films such as "The Black Stallion" and "Never Cry Wolf."
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A.
Leslie Harter
Leslie Harter is a film producer known for her work in Hollywood and for being married to director Robert Zemeckis.
-
B.
Warren Oates
Warren Oates was an American character actor known for his rugged, intense performances in films such as "The Wild Bunch," "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia," and numerous other Westerns and crime dramas of the 1960s and 1970s.
-
C.
Mel Daniels
Mel Daniels was an American professional basketball center best known as a dominant force in the ABA, where he won multiple MVP awards and championships with the Indiana Pacers.
-
D.
Paul Cushing Child
Paul Cushing Child was an American civil servant, artist, and gourmand best known as the supportive husband of famed chef and television personality Julia Child.
-
E.
Jed Harris
Jed Harris was a prominent American theatrical producer and director known for staging influential Broadway productions in the mid-20th century.
- 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_69a4bd9ec3488190afe35af54efae5e9 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac765c58d48190bbd460663d965097 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:02 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac76f20f308190be3c831eb2d59763 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:05 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac775a43d881908f12026a38fba2c8 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:07 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:46 p.m.