Triple

T17123734
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ernest Cossart E415533 entity
Predicate performedIn P795 FINISHED
Object The Letter (1940 film)
The Letter (1940 film) is a classic American film noir–style drama directed by William Wyler and starring Bette Davis, adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s play about a woman on trial for murder in colonial Malaya.
E534566 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 Letter (1940 film) | Statement: [Ernest Cossart, performedIn, The Letter (1940 film)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Letter (1940 film)
Context triple: [Ernest Cossart, performedIn, The Letter (1940 film)]
  • A. The Letter (1929 film)
    The Letter (1929 film) is an early American drama film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s play, notable as a pre-Code production that preceded the more famous 1940 version starring Bette Davis.
  • B. "The Letter"
    "The Letter" is a track from Ghostface Killah's 2004 hip-hop album *The Pretty Toney Album*, known for its narrative lyricism and soulful production.
  • C. The Letter
    "The Letter" is a classic soul song, most famously recorded by The Box Tops in 1967, that became a major hit and enduring standard in popular music.
  • D. The Letter
    "The Letter" is a song associated with American singer and entertainer Wayne Newton, known for his smooth vocal style and Las Vegas performances.
  • E. The Letter
    The Letter is an 1890–91 color drypoint and aquatint print by American Impressionist Mary Cassatt, depicting a woman reading a letter in an intimate domestic setting and reflecting her focus on the private lives of women.
  • 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 Letter (1940 film)
Triple: [Ernest Cossart, performedIn, The Letter (1940 film)]
Generated description
The Letter (1940 film) is a classic American film noir–style drama directed by William Wyler and starring Bette Davis, adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s play about a woman on trial for murder in colonial Malaya.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Letter (1940 film)
Target entity description: The Letter (1940 film) is a classic American film noir–style drama directed by William Wyler and starring Bette Davis, adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s play about a woman on trial for murder in colonial Malaya.
  • A. The Letter (1929 film) chosen
    The Letter (1929 film) is an early American drama film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s play, notable as a pre-Code production that preceded the more famous 1940 version starring Bette Davis.
  • B. "The Letter"
    "The Letter" is a track from Ghostface Killah's 2004 hip-hop album *The Pretty Toney Album*, known for its narrative lyricism and soulful production.
  • C. The Letter
    "The Letter" is a classic soul song, most famously recorded by The Box Tops in 1967, that became a major hit and enduring standard in popular music.
  • D. The Letter
    The Letter is an 1890–91 color drypoint and aquatint print by American Impressionist Mary Cassatt, depicting a woman reading a letter in an intimate domestic setting and reflecting her focus on the private lives of women.
  • E. The Letter
    "The Letter" is a song associated with American singer and entertainer Wayne Newton, known for his smooth vocal style and Las Vegas performances.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d886d090cc8190a39cb94992586905 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3e80b7e6881909f7635875549a2f1 completed April 18, 2026, 8:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a013a12a7288190911c1be2667916c0 completed May 11, 2026, 2:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a013a8e69388190b8d48d70a28e99bd completed May 11, 2026, 2:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a013b6824888190853cf36548507e1b completed May 11, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:36 a.m.