Triple
T12441471
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A Matter of Life and Death |
E297280
|
entity |
| Predicate | screenwriter |
P2831
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Michael Powell |
E238631
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Michael Powell | Statement: [A Matter of Life and Death, screenwriter, Michael Powell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Powell Context triple: [A Matter of Life and Death, screenwriter, Michael Powell]
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A.
Michael Powell
Michael Powell is an American bookseller and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Powell’s City of Books, one of the world’s largest independent bookstores.
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B.
Michael Powell
chosen
Michael Powell was a pioneering British film director best known for his visually inventive and psychologically rich collaborations with Emeric Pressburger, such as "The Red Shoes" and "Black Narcissus."
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C.
Maurice Elvey
Maurice Elvey was a prolific British film director active from the silent era through the mid-20th century, known for his extensive and varied body of work in UK cinema.
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D.
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.
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E.
Joseph Losey
Joseph Losey was an American-born film director known for his stylistically distinctive and psychologically complex works, particularly in European cinema after his move to the United Kingdom.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6ada166c48190b902972cd2408fa3 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d94d8ecb6c8190a19cbf9de31cabbd |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6556839908190ac0401d373ad0fa9 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:50 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:55 p.m.