Triple
T1943113
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Witness for the Prosecution |
E41998
|
entity |
| Predicate | cinematography |
P1953
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Russell Harlan
Russell Harlan was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous classic films, including "Witness for the Prosecution," "To Kill a Mockingbird," and "Red River."
|
E368391
|
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: Russell Harlan | Statement: [Witness for the Prosecution, cinematography, Russell Harlan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Russell Harlan Context triple: [Witness for the Prosecution, cinematography, Russell Harlan]
-
A.
Milton Van Dyke
Milton Van Dyke was an influential American fluid dynamicist and author known for his classic works on aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, including the widely used reference "An Album of Fluid Motion."
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B.
George L. Dahl
George L. Dahl was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for shaping much of Dallas’s skyline and major civic landmarks.
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C.
Roger D. Lapham
Roger D. Lapham was an American shipping executive and politician who served as mayor of San Francisco in the 1940s.
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D.
LeRoy Apker
LeRoy Apker was an American experimental physicist known for his contributions to solid-state physics and for his work at General Electric.
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E.
Harlan Anderson
Harlan Anderson was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the pioneering minicomputer company Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).
- 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: Russell Harlan Triple: [Witness for the Prosecution, cinematography, Russell Harlan]
Generated description
Russell Harlan was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous classic films, including "Witness for the Prosecution," "To Kill a Mockingbird," and "Red River."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Russell Harlan Target entity description: Russell Harlan was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous classic films, including "Witness for the Prosecution," "To Kill a Mockingbird," and "Red River."
-
A.
Milton Van Dyke
Milton Van Dyke was an influential American fluid dynamicist and author known for his classic works on aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, including the widely used reference "An Album of Fluid Motion."
-
B.
George L. Dahl
George L. Dahl was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for shaping much of Dallas’s skyline and major civic landmarks.
-
C.
Roger D. Lapham
Roger D. Lapham was an American shipping executive and politician who served as mayor of San Francisco in the 1940s.
-
D.
LeRoy Apker
LeRoy Apker was an American experimental physicist known for his contributions to solid-state physics and for his work at General Electric.
-
E.
Harlan Anderson
Harlan Anderson was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the pioneering minicomputer company Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).
- 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_69a8870e08fc8190a319cbf2600db15f |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb2fe04688190aa8461ba090c93a0 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:09 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b38b9e52688190bd9dc7fb17e892f8 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 3:59 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b3b30fa650819088654b109d6e9fb9 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 6:47 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b3b36664fc81908a084ed2f75af44a |
completed | March 13, 2026, 6:49 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.