Triple

T1790629
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Departed E39486 entity
Predicate cinematographer P1953 FINISHED
Object Michael Ballhaus
Michael Ballhaus was a renowned German cinematographer celebrated for his dynamic camera work and frequent collaborations with director Martin Scorsese.
 E364560 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: Michael Ballhaus | Statement: [The Departed, cinematographer, Michael Ballhaus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael Ballhaus
Context triple: [The Departed, cinematographer, Michael Ballhaus]
  • A. Paul Dietrich
    Paul Dietrich is an architect best known as one of the founders of the design and planning firm Cambridge Seven Associates.
  • B. Martin Benrath
    Martin Benrath was a German actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theater from the mid-20th century onward.
  • C. Klaus Heissler
    Klaus Heissler is a talking goldfish with the brain of an East German Olympic ski jumper, serving as a comedic and often sarcastic member of the Smith family in the animated series "American Dad!".
  • D. Joseph Weishaar
    Joseph Weishaar is an American architect and designer best known for winning the competition to create the National World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C.
  • E. William Sachse
    William Sachse was a 19th-century Texas pioneer and landowner after whom the city of Sachse, Texas, is named.
  • 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: Michael Ballhaus
Triple: [The Departed, cinematographer, Michael Ballhaus]
Generated description
Michael Ballhaus was a renowned German cinematographer celebrated for his dynamic camera work and frequent collaborations with director Martin Scorsese.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael Ballhaus
Target entity description: Michael Ballhaus was a renowned German cinematographer celebrated for his dynamic camera work and frequent collaborations with director Martin Scorsese.
  • A. Paul Dietrich
    Paul Dietrich is an architect best known as one of the founders of the design and planning firm Cambridge Seven Associates.
  • B. Martin Benrath
    Martin Benrath was a German actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theater from the mid-20th century onward.
  • C. Klaus Heissler
    Klaus Heissler is a talking goldfish with the brain of an East German Olympic ski jumper, serving as a comedic and often sarcastic member of the Smith family in the animated series "American Dad!".
  • D. Joseph Weishaar
    Joseph Weishaar is an American architect and designer best known for winning the competition to create the National World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C.
  • E. William Sachse
    William Sachse was a 19th-century Texas pioneer and landowner after whom the city of Sachse, Texas, is named.
  • 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_69a88631854081909723959921e45c2b completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa6512804c8190a5743c10bd37f83f completed March 6, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b37e38ff2881909490b7b20deb149b completed March 13, 2026, 3:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b37f44417481908dc7e04dc112d900 completed March 13, 2026, 3:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b37fa6b5c08190bb598c77c526df13 completed March 13, 2026, 3:08 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.