Triple

T1201079
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Viva Villa! E25782 entity
Predicate uncreditedDirector P21945 FINISHED
Object William A. Wellman
William A. Wellman was an American film director best known for his innovative work in early Hollywood cinema, including the Academy Award–winning World War I epic "Wings" and the original "A Star Is Born."
E393864 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: William A. Wellman | Statement: [Viva Villa!, uncreditedDirector, William A. Wellman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William A. Wellman
Context triple: [Viva Villa!, uncreditedDirector, William A. Wellman]
  • A. Ralph E. Winters
    Ralph E. Winters was an Academy Award–winning Canadian-American film editor known for his work on numerous major Hollywood films throughout the mid-20th century.
  • B. George P. Hunt
    George P. Hunt was an American politician who served as the first governor of the state of Arizona.
  • C. Arthur C. Wahl
    Arthur C. Wahl was an American chemist best known as one of the co-discoverers of the element plutonium and a key contributor to early nuclear chemistry research.
  • D. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • E. Charles J. Hitch
    Charles J. Hitch was an American economist and defense analyst who served as president of the University of California after a prominent career in government and academia.
  • 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: William A. Wellman
Triple: [Viva Villa!, uncreditedDirector, William A. Wellman]
Generated description
William A. Wellman was an American film director best known for his innovative work in early Hollywood cinema, including the Academy Award–winning World War I epic "Wings" and the original "A Star Is Born."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William A. Wellman
Target entity description: William A. Wellman was an American film director best known for his innovative work in early Hollywood cinema, including the Academy Award–winning World War I epic "Wings" and the original "A Star Is Born."
  • A. Ralph E. Winters
    Ralph E. Winters was an Academy Award–winning Canadian-American film editor known for his work on numerous major Hollywood films throughout the mid-20th century.
  • B. George P. Hunt
    George P. Hunt was an American politician who served as the first governor of the state of Arizona.
  • C. Arthur C. Wahl
    Arthur C. Wahl was an American chemist best known as one of the co-discoverers of the element plutonium and a key contributor to early nuclear chemistry research.
  • D. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • E. Charles J. Hitch
    Charles J. Hitch was an American economist and defense analyst who served as president of the University of California after a prominent career in government and academia.
  • 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_69b503cbee8481908f31124d8bc7fe9c completed March 14, 2026, 6:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b507f46edc8190b69206a645e0e59c completed March 14, 2026, 7:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b509622e5c8190993d9af5db1cab2a completed March 14, 2026, 7:08 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:46 p.m.