Triple

T14929240
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Texasville E372213 entity
Predicate cinematographyBy P1953 FINISHED
Object Nicholas von Sternberg
Nicholas von Sternberg is an American cinematographer known for his work on films such as "Texasville," continuing the legacy of his father, renowned director Josef von Sternberg.
E1127648 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: Nicholas von Sternberg | Statement: [Texasville, cinematographyBy, Nicholas von Sternberg]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicholas von Sternberg
Context triple: [Texasville, cinematographyBy, Nicholas von Sternberg]
  • A. Josef von Sternberg
    Josef von Sternberg was an influential Austrian-American film director best known for his visually stylized Hollywood films and his collaborations with actress Marlene Dietrich in the early 1930s.
  • B. Paul Henreid
    Paul Henreid was an Austrian-born actor and director best known for his role as resistance leader Victor Laszlo in the classic film "Casablanca."
  • C. Walter Reisch
    Walter Reisch was an Austrian-born screenwriter and film director best known for his work in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s, contributing to notable films such as "Gaslight."
  • D. Rudolph Maté
    Rudolph Maté was a Polish-born cinematographer and film director renowned for his visually striking work in classic Hollywood cinema, including films like "The Passion of Joan of Arc" and "D.O.A."
  • E. Josef Sternberg
    Josef Sternberg is an alternate name for Josef von Sternberg, the influential Austrian-American film director best known for his visually stylized collaborations with Marlene Dietrich in the early 20th century.
  • 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: Nicholas von Sternberg
Triple: [Texasville, cinematographyBy, Nicholas von Sternberg]
Generated description
Nicholas von Sternberg is an American cinematographer known for his work on films such as "Texasville," continuing the legacy of his father, renowned director Josef von Sternberg.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicholas von Sternberg
Target entity description: Nicholas von Sternberg is an American cinematographer known for his work on films such as "Texasville," continuing the legacy of his father, renowned director Josef von Sternberg.
  • A. Josef von Sternberg
    Josef von Sternberg was an influential Austrian-American film director best known for his visually stylized Hollywood films and his collaborations with actress Marlene Dietrich in the early 1930s.
  • B. Paul Henreid
    Paul Henreid was an Austrian-born actor and director best known for his role as resistance leader Victor Laszlo in the classic film "Casablanca."
  • C. Walter Reisch
    Walter Reisch was an Austrian-born screenwriter and film director best known for his work in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s, contributing to notable films such as "Gaslight."
  • D. Rudolph Maté
    Rudolph Maté was a Polish-born cinematographer and film director renowned for his visually striking work in classic Hollywood cinema, including films like "The Passion of Joan of Arc" and "D.O.A."
  • E. Josef Sternberg
    Josef Sternberg is an alternate name for Josef von Sternberg, the influential Austrian-American film director best known for his visually stylized collaborations with Marlene Dietrich in the early 20th century.
  • 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_69d85cc9da0c81908d583ca3f63a3908 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded634e67881909daec9eaef188d09 completed April 15, 2026, 12:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe72c728948190a1cfc62f4038b6ec completed May 8, 2026, 11:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe771e361481908b58eb38f804f650 completed May 8, 2026, 11:51 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe77fef3d88190afbd7839c4625226 completed May 8, 2026, 11:55 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:36 a.m.