Triple
T15199156
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Next Best Thing |
E363218
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Schlesinger |
E139591
|
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: John Schlesinger | Statement: [The Next Best Thing, director, John Schlesinger]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Schlesinger Context triple: [The Next Best Thing, director, John Schlesinger]
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A.
John Schlesinger
chosen
John Schlesinger was an acclaimed British film director known for works such as "Midnight Cowboy" and "Sunday Bloody Sunday."
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B.
J. Lee Thompson
J. Lee Thompson was a British film director known for a wide range of popular movies, including war epics, thrillers, and collaborations with major Hollywood stars.
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C.
Lewis Gilbert
Lewis Gilbert was a British film director best known for his work on several James Bond films, including "You Only Live Twice," "The Spy Who Loved Me," and "Moonraker."
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D.
Carol Reed
Carol Reed was an acclaimed British film director best known for classics such as "The Third Man" and "Oliver!", and for his influential role in mid-20th-century cinema.
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E.
John Guillermin
John Guillermin was a British film director known for his work on large-scale adventure and disaster films, including the 1976 remake of King Kong and The Towering Inferno.
- 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_69d85a0b78bc8190b6e5ad51a2c4cfc5 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e006b476208190a5119710c518bb1f |
completed | April 15, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fedd2bff388190881396685edd1787 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:07 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:10 a.m.