Triple

T16922346
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject David Thomson (film critic) E410470 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film is a widely acclaimed reference book by critic David Thomson that offers incisive, opinionated profiles of filmmakers, actors, and key figures in cinema history.
E1241046 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: The New Biographical Dictionary of Film | Statement: [David Thomson (film critic), notableWork, The New Biographical Dictionary of Film]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
Context triple: [David Thomson (film critic), notableWork, The New Biographical Dictionary of Film]
  • A. A Life on Film
    A Life on Film is the autobiography of classic Hollywood actress Mary Astor, recounting her long career and personal life in the film industry.
  • B. Cinema: A Critical Dictionary – The Major Filmmakers
    Cinema: A Critical Dictionary – The Major Filmmakers is a landmark reference work that offers critical essays and analyses on many of the most important film directors in cinema history.
  • C. The Grip of Film
    The Grip of Film is a humorous, idiosyncratic film book by British comedian and filmmaker Richard Ayoade, offering a satirical take on cinema and movie culture.
  • D. Connaissance du Cinéma
    Connaissance du Cinéma is a French film production company known for backing distinctive, auteur-driven cinema such as the darkly comic fantasy "Delicatessen."
  • E. “Discovering Cinema”
    “Discovering Cinema” is a musical piece or movement from Ennio Morricone’s acclaimed score for the film *Cinema Paradiso*, reflecting the movie’s nostalgic and emotional themes.
  • 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: The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
Triple: [David Thomson (film critic), notableWork, The New Biographical Dictionary of Film]
Generated description
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film is a widely acclaimed reference book by critic David Thomson that offers incisive, opinionated profiles of filmmakers, actors, and key figures in cinema history.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
Target entity description: The New Biographical Dictionary of Film is a widely acclaimed reference book by critic David Thomson that offers incisive, opinionated profiles of filmmakers, actors, and key figures in cinema history.
  • A. A Life on Film
    A Life on Film is the autobiography of classic Hollywood actress Mary Astor, recounting her long career and personal life in the film industry.
  • B. Cinema: A Critical Dictionary – The Major Filmmakers
    Cinema: A Critical Dictionary – The Major Filmmakers is a landmark reference work that offers critical essays and analyses on many of the most important film directors in cinema history.
  • C. The Grip of Film
    The Grip of Film is a humorous, idiosyncratic film book by British comedian and filmmaker Richard Ayoade, offering a satirical take on cinema and movie culture.
  • D. Connaissance du Cinéma
    Connaissance du Cinéma is a French film production company known for backing distinctive, auteur-driven cinema such as the darkly comic fantasy "Delicatessen."
  • E. “Discovering Cinema”
    “Discovering Cinema” is a musical piece or movement from Ennio Morricone’s acclaimed score for the film *Cinema Paradiso*, reflecting the movie’s nostalgic and emotional themes.
  • 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_69d886c7b1e481908c3766dfa8c13458 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3cdef7df881908b69aa3c4f50ef94 completed April 18, 2026, 6:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00cfd5e17481909fc4303fcc1342bf completed May 10, 2026, 6:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00d0a0852c8190991af93d50fa2216 completed May 10, 2026, 6:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00d14d13548190bb09408d28ff1ef8 completed May 10, 2026, 6:41 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:30 a.m.