Triple
T1825641
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | VGIK |
E40646
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableAlumnus |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ousmane Sembène
Ousmane Sembène was a pioneering Senegalese film director, producer, and writer often hailed as the "father of African cinema" for his politically engaged, socially conscious films.
|
E204252
|
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: Ousmane Sembène | Statement: [VGIK, notableAlumnus, Ousmane Sembène]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ousmane Sembène Context triple: [VGIK, notableAlumnus, Ousmane Sembène]
-
A.
Frantz Fanon
Frantz Fanon was a Martinican psychiatrist, philosopher, and revolutionary writer whose works on colonialism, racism, and liberation, such as "The Wretched of the Earth," profoundly shaped anti-colonial and Black radical thought worldwide.
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B.
Assia Djebar
Assia Djebar was an influential Algerian novelist, filmmaker, and feminist whose French-language works powerfully explored themes of colonialism, gender, and national identity.
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C.
André Malraux
André Malraux was a prominent 20th-century French novelist, art theorist, and statesman closely associated with Charles de Gaulle and known for his influential role in shaping modern French cultural policy.
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D.
Mia Couto
Mia Couto is a Mozambican writer renowned for his lyrical, magical-realist prose that explores postcolonial identity, memory, and social change in Lusophone Africa.
-
E.
Jacques Samossoud
Jacques Samossoud was a Russian-born conductor best known as the second husband of Clara Clemens, the daughter of author Mark Twain.
- 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: Ousmane Sembène Triple: [VGIK, notableAlumnus, Ousmane Sembène]
Generated description
Ousmane Sembène was a pioneering Senegalese film director, producer, and writer often hailed as the "father of African cinema" for his politically engaged, socially conscious films.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ousmane Sembène Target entity description: Ousmane Sembène was a pioneering Senegalese film director, producer, and writer often hailed as the "father of African cinema" for his politically engaged, socially conscious films.
-
A.
Frantz Fanon
Frantz Fanon was a Martinican psychiatrist, philosopher, and revolutionary writer whose works on colonialism, racism, and liberation, such as "The Wretched of the Earth," profoundly shaped anti-colonial and Black radical thought worldwide.
-
B.
Assia Djebar
Assia Djebar was an influential Algerian novelist, filmmaker, and feminist whose French-language works powerfully explored themes of colonialism, gender, and national identity.
-
C.
André Malraux
André Malraux was a prominent 20th-century French novelist, art theorist, and statesman closely associated with Charles de Gaulle and known for his influential role in shaping modern French cultural policy.
-
D.
Mia Couto
Mia Couto is a Mozambican writer renowned for his lyrical, magical-realist prose that explores postcolonial identity, memory, and social change in Lusophone Africa.
-
E.
Jacques Samossoud
Jacques Samossoud was a Russian-born conductor best known as the second husband of Clara Clemens, the daughter of author Mark Twain.
- 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_69a8864644bc8190b2358ab897194ac1 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb00f13888190aa5582263d55d371 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:56 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adbf6927fc8190ad9ce95c92153c64 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:26 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adc0bf37ac8190b9cbbc5454061e75 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:32 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adc197f78481909f848e2ee2741e8d |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:36 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.