Triple

T120136
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Mark of Zorro E2426 entity
Predicate cinematographyBy P1953 FINISHED
Object William McGann
William McGann was an American cinematographer and film director active in early 20th-century Hollywood, known for his work on adventure and genre films.
E61595 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 McGann | Statement: [The Mark of Zorro, cinematographyBy, William McGann]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William McGann
Context triple: [The Mark of Zorro, cinematographyBy, William McGann]
  • A. Michael H. Moloney
    Michael H. Moloney is a physics-focused science policy and leadership professional who serves as the chief executive officer of the American Institute of Physics.
  • B. Rob McKenna
    Rob McKenna is an American attorney and politician best known for serving as the Attorney General of Washington State.
  • C. John McShain
    John McShain was an American building contractor known for constructing major U.S. landmarks, including the Pentagon and significant parts of Washington, D.C.'s federal architecture.
  • D. Michael V. Drake
    Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
  • E. John Gilroy
    John Gilroy is a film editor known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the science-fiction monster film "Pacific Rim."
  • 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 McGann
Triple: [The Mark of Zorro, cinematographyBy, William McGann]
Generated description
William McGann was an American cinematographer and film director active in early 20th-century Hollywood, known for his work on adventure and genre films.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William McGann
Target entity description: William McGann was an American cinematographer and film director active in early 20th-century Hollywood, known for his work on adventure and genre films.
  • A. Michael H. Moloney
    Michael H. Moloney is a physics-focused science policy and leadership professional who serves as the chief executive officer of the American Institute of Physics.
  • B. Rob McKenna
    Rob McKenna is an American attorney and politician best known for serving as the Attorney General of Washington State.
  • C. John McShain
    John McShain was an American building contractor known for constructing major U.S. landmarks, including the Pentagon and significant parts of Washington, D.C.'s federal architecture.
  • D. Michael V. Drake
    Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
  • E. John Gilroy
    John Gilroy is a film editor known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the science-fiction monster film "Pacific Rim."
  • 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_69a2506c5428819085c28a8884790e29 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25715cfb881909ffb488f21a4a16d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:46 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a47d24fcd08190bdd981f0f2d50000 completed March 1, 2026, 5:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a47ddac6808190bb87fafae66ac3af completed March 1, 2026, 5:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a47e32ea888190abf1ebda0038e8c2 completed March 1, 2026, 5:58 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:24 a.m.