Triple
T13694302
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | This Christmas |
E328344
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Preston A. Whitmore II
Preston A. Whitmore II is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for writing and directing the holiday ensemble film "This Christmas."
|
E1054528
|
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: Preston A. Whitmore II | Statement: [This Christmas, director, Preston A. Whitmore II]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Preston A. Whitmore II Context triple: [This Christmas, director, Preston A. Whitmore II]
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A.
Jeffrey Himes
Jeffrey Himes is a musician best known for having been a past member of the indie rock band Okkervil River.
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B.
Grady Fletcher
Grady Fletcher is a recurring character in the television series "Murder, She Wrote," known as Jessica Fletcher’s good-natured but often hapless nephew.
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C.
Terrence Jenkins
Terrence Jenkins, better known as Terrence J, is an American actor, television host, and entertainment personality recognized for co-hosting BET's "106 & Park" and appearing in films like "Think Like a Man."
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D.
Michael Wells
Michael Wells is a musician best known as a member of the American alternative country/rock band The Walkabouts.
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E.
Michael Jenkins
Michael Jenkins is a theatre producer best known for his work on the hit musical comedy "Spamalot."
- 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: Preston A. Whitmore II Triple: [This Christmas, director, Preston A. Whitmore II]
Generated description
Preston A. Whitmore II is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for writing and directing the holiday ensemble film "This Christmas."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Preston A. Whitmore II Target entity description: Preston A. Whitmore II is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for writing and directing the holiday ensemble film "This Christmas."
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A.
Jeffrey Himes
Jeffrey Himes is a musician best known for having been a past member of the indie rock band Okkervil River.
-
B.
Grady Fletcher
Grady Fletcher is a recurring character in the television series "Murder, She Wrote," known as Jessica Fletcher’s good-natured but often hapless nephew.
-
C.
Terrence Jenkins
Terrence Jenkins, better known as Terrence J, is an American actor, television host, and entertainment personality recognized for co-hosting BET's "106 & Park" and appearing in films like "Think Like a Man."
-
D.
Michael Wells
Michael Wells is a musician best known as a member of the American alternative country/rock band The Walkabouts.
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E.
Michael Jenkins
Michael Jenkins is an Australian screenwriter and director known for his work in film and television, including influential Australian dramas.
- 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_69d8076ff62081908a7bd79889edd7a0 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dbc8757b648190a26181efbad09a43 |
completed | April 12, 2026, 4:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f794514afc8190b334b1fc74a6cdd5 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 6:30 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f795e361c48190b37060312e7df181 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 6:37 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f796e5c60c8190a19389bc4cdbd658 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 6:41 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:54 p.m.