Triple

T1820892
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject On the Town (1949 film) E40535 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Vera-Ellen
Vera-Ellen was an American actress and highly acclaimed dancer best known for her energetic, technically precise performances in classic Hollywood musicals of the 1940s and 1950s.
E208388 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: Vera-Ellen | Statement: [On the Town (1949 film), starring, Vera-Ellen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vera-Ellen
Context triple: [On the Town (1949 film), starring, Vera-Ellen]
  • A. Ethel Merman
    Ethel Merman was a powerhouse American stage and film actress and singer, famed for her brassy voice and iconic performances in classic Broadway musicals such as "Gypsy" and "Annie Get Your Gun."
  • B. Jane Powell
    Jane Powell was an American actress, singer, and dancer best known as a 1940s–1950s MGM musical star, particularly for her role in "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers."
  • C. Cyd Charisse
    Cyd Charisse was an American dancer and actress renowned for her dazzling, technically precise performances in classic Hollywood musicals of the 1940s and 1950s.
  • D. Mamie Van Doren
    Mamie Van Doren is an American actress, singer, and 1950s sex symbol known for her roles in rock 'n' roll and exploitation films.
  • E. Gloria DeHaven
    Gloria DeHaven was an American actress and singer best known for her roles in classic Hollywood musicals of the 1940s and 1950s.
  • 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: Vera-Ellen
Triple: [On the Town (1949 film), starring, Vera-Ellen]
Generated description
Vera-Ellen was an American actress and highly acclaimed dancer best known for her energetic, technically precise performances in classic Hollywood musicals of the 1940s and 1950s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vera-Ellen
Target entity description: Vera-Ellen was an American actress and highly acclaimed dancer best known for her energetic, technically precise performances in classic Hollywood musicals of the 1940s and 1950s.
  • A. Ethel Merman
    Ethel Merman was a powerhouse American stage and film actress and singer, famed for her brassy voice and iconic performances in classic Broadway musicals such as "Gypsy" and "Annie Get Your Gun."
  • B. Jane Powell
    Jane Powell was an American actress, singer, and dancer best known as a 1940s–1950s MGM musical star, particularly for her role in "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers."
  • C. Cyd Charisse
    Cyd Charisse was an American dancer and actress renowned for her dazzling, technically precise performances in classic Hollywood musicals of the 1940s and 1950s.
  • D. Mamie Van Doren
    Mamie Van Doren is an American actress, singer, and 1950s sex symbol known for her roles in rock 'n' roll and exploitation films.
  • E. Gloria DeHaven
    Gloria DeHaven was an American actress and singer best known for her roles in classic Hollywood musicals of the 1940s and 1950s.
  • 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_69a8864526c081908a3a4d74f689e2c5 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa662a13208190b4126d92c613760d completed March 6, 2026, 5:29 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69add1bf7b3c81909fd2d548be2baa8f completed March 8, 2026, 7:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69add28a8f848190bf6ea0924e7dd9fc completed March 8, 2026, 7:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69add37ad9a481908b2a1476a8d33091 completed March 8, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.