Triple

T1956113
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nightmare Alley E42272 entity
Predicate title P38 FINISHED
Object Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley is a dark psychological drama about a manipulative carnival worker who becomes a corrupt spiritualist, best known from its 1946 novel and subsequent film adaptations.
E201649 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: Nightmare Alley | Statement: [Nightmare Alley, title, Nightmare Alley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nightmare Alley
Context triple: [Nightmare Alley, title, Nightmare Alley]
  • A. Nightmare Alley
    Nightmare Alley is a 2021 neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Guillermo del Toro, adapted from William Lindsay Gresham’s novel about a manipulative carnival worker who becomes a corrupt mentalist.
  • B. Nightmare Alley
    Nightmare Alley is a 1947 American film noir psychological drama starring Tyrone Power as an ambitious carnival worker whose ruthless pursuit of success leads to his downfall.
  • C. Nightmare Alley (novel)
    "Nightmare Alley" is a 1946 noir novel by William Lindsay Gresham that follows a ruthless carnival worker’s descent into corruption and ruin, and is widely regarded as a dark classic of American literature.
  • D. The Snake Pit
    The Snake Pit is a 1948 psychological drama film about a woman’s harrowing experiences in a mental institution, noted for its early, serious depiction of mental illness.
  • E. Touch of Evil
    Touch of Evil is a 1958 film noir thriller directed by and co-starring Orson Welles, renowned for its dark, expressionistic style and legendary long opening tracking shot.
  • 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: Nightmare Alley
Triple: [Nightmare Alley, title, Nightmare Alley]
Generated description
Nightmare Alley is a dark psychological drama about a manipulative carnival worker who becomes a corrupt spiritualist, best known from its 1946 novel and subsequent film adaptations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nightmare Alley
Target entity description: Nightmare Alley is a dark psychological drama about a manipulative carnival worker who becomes a corrupt spiritualist, best known from its 1946 novel and subsequent film adaptations.
  • A. Nightmare Alley
    Nightmare Alley is a 2021 neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Guillermo del Toro, adapted from William Lindsay Gresham’s novel about a manipulative carnival worker who becomes a corrupt mentalist.
  • B. Nightmare Alley
    Nightmare Alley is a 1947 American film noir psychological drama starring Tyrone Power as an ambitious carnival worker whose ruthless pursuit of success leads to his downfall.
  • C. Nightmare Alley (novel) chosen
    "Nightmare Alley" is a 1946 noir novel by William Lindsay Gresham that follows a ruthless carnival worker’s descent into corruption and ruin, and is widely regarded as a dark classic of American literature.
  • D. The Snake Pit
    The Snake Pit is a 1948 psychological drama film about a woman’s harrowing experiences in a mental institution, noted for its early, serious depiction of mental illness.
  • E. Touch of Evil
    Touch of Evil is a 1958 film noir thriller directed by and co-starring Orson Welles, renowned for its dark, expressionistic style and legendary long opening tracking shot.
  • 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_69a8870eea088190a38781990812a9bc completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb37b4a38819099f98be92be91ade completed March 7, 2026, 5:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adfbca5a7081908f3fa8eaa8f5aa3d completed March 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adfc6bd8e08190a065a89ab3412126 completed March 8, 2026, 10:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adfcee414c8190b1a0574f6bd55602 completed March 8, 2026, 10:49 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.