Triple
T2007946
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Flying Down to Rio |
E43627
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thornton Freeland
Thornton Freeland was an American film director active in the 1930s and 1940s, known for his work on Hollywood musicals and comedies.
|
E224451
|
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: Thornton Freeland | Statement: [Flying Down to Rio, director, Thornton Freeland]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thornton Freeland Context triple: [Flying Down to Rio, director, Thornton Freeland]
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A.
Gulian McEvers
Gulian McEvers was an early American merchant and broker in New York City who was among the original founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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B.
Frederic McLaughlin
Frederic McLaughlin was an American businessman and sports executive best known for establishing and owning the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks in the early 20th century.
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C.
Philip Woodruff
Philip Woodruff was the pen name of British civil servant Philip Mason, best known for his influential writings on the British Raj and the Indian Civil Service.
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D.
Solomon Young
Solomon Young was the maternal grandfather of U.S. President Harry S. Truman and a significant early influence in Truman’s upbringing and character.
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E.
Samuel McIntire
Samuel McIntire was an influential early American architect and woodcarver from Salem, Massachusetts, renowned for his Federal-style designs and decorative craftsmanship.
- 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: Thornton Freeland Triple: [Flying Down to Rio, director, Thornton Freeland]
Generated description
Thornton Freeland was an American film director active in the 1930s and 1940s, known for his work on Hollywood musicals and comedies.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thornton Freeland Target entity description: Thornton Freeland was an American film director active in the 1930s and 1940s, known for his work on Hollywood musicals and comedies.
-
A.
Gulian McEvers
Gulian McEvers was an early American merchant and broker in New York City who was among the original founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
-
B.
Frederic McLaughlin
Frederic McLaughlin was an American businessman and sports executive best known for establishing and owning the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks in the early 20th century.
-
C.
Philip Woodruff
Philip Woodruff was the pen name of British civil servant Philip Mason, best known for his influential writings on the British Raj and the Indian Civil Service.
-
D.
Solomon Young
Solomon Young was the maternal grandfather of U.S. President Harry S. Truman and a significant early influence in Truman’s upbringing and character.
-
E.
Samuel McIntire
Samuel McIntire was an influential early American architect and woodcarver from Salem, Massachusetts, renowned for his Federal-style designs and decorative craftsmanship.
- 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_69a88716e9f08190946313fdc949e3cf |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb89aca908190b8b659af65afdf6f |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:33 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae0ae12d708190bcfe91e3ab53f04e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:48 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae0b63b85c819096fc8ad12ace4d22 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:50 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae0bc55fcc8190bf117ef1328b8a76 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:52 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.