Triple

T19631690
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject New Topographics E471286 entity
Predicate includesPhotographer P12333 FINISHED
Object Robert Adams
Robert Adams is an American photographer renowned for his stark, insightful images of the contemporary Western landscape and its environmental transformation.
E1386268 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Robert Adams | Statement: [New Topographics, includesPhotographer, Robert Adams]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Adams
Context triple: [New Topographics, includesPhotographer, Robert Adams]
  • A. John Gossage
    John Gossage is an American photographer and photobook artist known for his evocative black-and-white images of urban landscapes and overlooked environments.
  • B. Robert Simonds
    Robert Simonds is an American film producer and studio executive known for producing a string of successful Hollywood comedies and founding the media company STX Entertainment.
  • C. Robert McKim
    Robert McKim was an American silent film actor known for playing villainous roles in early 20th-century cinema.
  • D. Lloyd Aldrich
    Lloyd Aldrich was an American civil engineer best known for serving as Los Angeles City Engineer and for his influential work on the city’s freeway and infrastructure development in the mid-20th century.
  • E. Eliot Porter
    Eliot Porter was an American photographer renowned for pioneering color nature photography and producing richly detailed images of landscapes and wildlife.
  • 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: Robert Adams
Triple: [New Topographics, includesPhotographer, Robert Adams]
Generated description
Robert Adams is an American photographer renowned for his stark, insightful images of the contemporary Western landscape and its environmental transformation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Adams
Target entity description: Robert Adams is an American photographer renowned for his stark, insightful images of the contemporary Western landscape and its environmental transformation.
  • A. John Gossage
    John Gossage is an American photographer and photobook artist known for his evocative black-and-white images of urban landscapes and overlooked environments.
  • B. Robert Simonds
    Robert Simonds is an American film producer and studio executive known for producing a string of successful Hollywood comedies and founding the media company STX Entertainment.
  • C. Robert McKim
    Robert McKim was an American silent film actor known for playing villainous roles in early 20th-century cinema.
  • D. Lloyd Aldrich
    Lloyd Aldrich was an American civil engineer best known for serving as Los Angeles City Engineer and for his influential work on the city’s freeway and infrastructure development in the mid-20th century.
  • E. Eliot Porter
    Eliot Porter was an American photographer renowned for pioneering color nature photography and producing richly detailed images of landscapes and wildlife.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: includesPhotographer
Context triple: [New Topographics, includesPhotographer, Robert Adams]
  • A. photographer chosen
    Indicates that one entity takes photographs of another entity, typically in a professional or intentional capacity.
  • B. usesPhotographyFrom
    Indicates that one entity employs or incorporates photographic material originating from another entity.
  • C. hasParentWhoIsPhotographer
    Indicates that an entity has at least one parent whose profession or role is that of a photographer.
  • D. hasPhotographerNationality
    Indicates that a photographer is associated with a specific nationality.
  • E. hasPhotographedFor
    Indicates that one entity has taken photographs on behalf of, or as a service for, another entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69d8e511f28481909f4bc3ea9191e54a completed April 10, 2026, 11:54 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e641036ee881909fdd8170fe4cdac9 completed April 20, 2026, 3:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0771c3fb608190ac10cb35014f1b5a completed May 15, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07731b33f88190b34aa3f29ca530e9 completed May 15, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0773de9e90819081e45eb66ccdfcee completed May 15, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69e514e5cb108190ae260e466c447314 completed April 19, 2026, 5:46 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:44 p.m.