Triple

T12108668
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British Film Institute E288366 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object John Grierson
John Grierson was a pioneering Scottish documentary filmmaker and producer, often regarded as the father of British and Canadian documentary cinema.
 E963425 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: John Grierson | Statement: [British Film Institute, foundedBy, John Grierson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Grierson
Context triple: [British Film Institute, foundedBy, John Grierson]
  • A. Paul Kroitor
    Paul Kroitor is the child of renowned Canadian filmmaker and IMAX co-founder Roman Kroitor.
  • B. Stewart Menzies
    Stewart Menzies was the head of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) during World War II, overseeing key intelligence operations including those at Bletchley Park.
  • C. Robert Flaherty
    Robert Flaherty was an American filmmaker widely regarded as a pioneer of documentary cinema, best known for his groundbreaking 1922 film "Nanook of the North."
  • D. Russell Metty
    Russell Metty was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on classic Hollywood films, including his Oscar-winning photography for "Spartacus" (1960).
  • E. John Hurson
    John Hurson is the brother of Irish republican hunger striker Martin Hurson.
  • 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: John Grierson
Triple: [British Film Institute, foundedBy, John Grierson]
Generated description
John Grierson was a pioneering Scottish documentary filmmaker and producer, often regarded as the father of British and Canadian documentary cinema.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Grierson
Target entity description: John Grierson was a pioneering Scottish documentary filmmaker and producer, often regarded as the father of British and Canadian documentary cinema.
  • A. Paul Kroitor
    Paul Kroitor is the child of renowned Canadian filmmaker and IMAX co-founder Roman Kroitor.
  • B. Stewart Menzies
    Stewart Menzies was the head of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) during World War II, overseeing key intelligence operations including those at Bletchley Park.
  • C. Robert Flaherty
    Robert Flaherty was an American filmmaker widely regarded as a pioneer of documentary cinema, best known for his groundbreaking 1922 film "Nanook of the North."
  • D. Russell Metty
    Russell Metty was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on classic Hollywood films, including his Oscar-winning photography for "Spartacus" (1960).
  • E. John Hurson
    John Hurson is the brother of Irish republican hunger striker Martin Hurson.
  • 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_69d6ab4a5c448190a110d1273314b21a completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d915632dc48190863e0239cef37e24 completed April 10, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f5f67b3f2c8190bcb2120781f91220 completed May 2, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f5fde880f4819094b2170bf4e82138 completed May 2, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f5ffc2cfd08190b87eccd3a73afc77 completed May 2, 2026, 1:44 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:49 p.m.