Triple
T170962
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cecil B. DeMille |
E3120
|
entity |
| Predicate | sibling |
P363
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William C. deMille
William C. deMille was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director of the silent and early sound era, known for his sophisticated dramas and as the brother of famed director Cecil B. DeMille.
|
E24338
|
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: William C. deMille | Statement: [Cecil B. DeMille, sibling, William C. deMille]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William C. deMille Context triple: [Cecil B. DeMille, sibling, William C. deMille]
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A.
Richard DeMille
Richard DeMille was an American writer and psychologist known for his critical examinations of Carlos Castaneda’s work and for being the adopted son of famed film director Cecil B. DeMille.
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B.
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille was a pioneering American film director and producer, famed for his epic biblical and historical movies such as "The Ten Commandments" and "Cleopatra."
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C.
Katherine DeMille
Katherine DeMille was a Canadian-born American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions.
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D.
D. W. Griffith
D. W. Griffith was a pioneering American film director of the silent era, best known for developing many foundational cinematic techniques and directing influential early feature films.
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E.
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Ernest B. Schoedsack was an American film director and cinematographer best known for co-directing the classic adventure-horror film "King Kong" (1933).
- 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: William C. deMille Triple: [Cecil B. DeMille, sibling, William C. deMille]
Generated description
William C. deMille was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director of the silent and early sound era, known for his sophisticated dramas and as the brother of famed director Cecil B. DeMille.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William C. deMille Target entity description: William C. deMille was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director of the silent and early sound era, known for his sophisticated dramas and as the brother of famed director Cecil B. DeMille.
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A.
Richard DeMille
Richard DeMille was an American writer and psychologist known for his critical examinations of Carlos Castaneda’s work and for being the adopted son of famed film director Cecil B. DeMille.
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B.
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille was a pioneering American film director and producer, famed for his epic biblical and historical movies such as "The Ten Commandments" and "Cleopatra."
-
C.
Katherine DeMille
Katherine DeMille was a Canadian-born American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions.
-
D.
D. W. Griffith
D. W. Griffith was a pioneering American film director of the silent era, best known for developing many foundational cinematic techniques and directing influential early feature films.
-
E.
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Ernest B. Schoedsack was an American film director and cinematographer best known for co-directing the classic adventure-horror film "King Kong" (1933).
- 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_69a2524ce1e48190ab066bf72859f474 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:26 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a258b94d00819098e90bdfa1306f9f |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a30cc5130c81908346cf86a23a6285 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:41 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a30d568260819094295ac1ce1b05d1 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:44 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a30da5f1e0819090e06fa7caff1767 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:45 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:34 a.m.