Triple

T2008921
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Deer Hunter E43647 entity
Predicate director P255 FINISHED
Object Michael Cimino
Michael Cimino was an American film director and screenwriter best known for his ambitious, visually striking dramas and his Oscar-winning work on the Vietnam War epic "The Deer Hunter."
E241093 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: Michael Cimino | Statement: [The Deer Hunter, director, Michael Cimino]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Cimino
Context triple: [The Deer Hunter, director, Michael Cimino]
  • A. Alan J. Pakula
    Alan J. Pakula was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter best known for his politically charged thrillers and character-driven dramas of the 1970s and 1980s.
  • B. Roger Spottiswoode
    Roger Spottiswoode is a British-Canadian film director and editor known for directing a range of Hollywood features, including the James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies."
  • C. Sydney Pollack
    Sydney Pollack was an American film director, producer, and actor known for acclaimed movies such as "Out of Africa," "Tootsie," and "The Firm."
  • D. John McTiernan
    John McTiernan is an American film director best known for influential action movies such as "Die Hard" and "Predator."
  • E. Jonathan Mostow
    Jonathan Mostow is an American film director best known for helming the science fiction action sequel "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines."
  • 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: Michael Cimino
Triple: [The Deer Hunter, director, Michael Cimino]
Generated description
Michael Cimino was an American film director and screenwriter best known for his ambitious, visually striking dramas and his Oscar-winning work on the Vietnam War epic "The Deer Hunter."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Cimino
Target entity description: Michael Cimino was an American film director and screenwriter best known for his ambitious, visually striking dramas and his Oscar-winning work on the Vietnam War epic "The Deer Hunter."
  • A. Alan J. Pakula
    Alan J. Pakula was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter best known for his politically charged thrillers and character-driven dramas of the 1970s and 1980s.
  • B. Roger Spottiswoode
    Roger Spottiswoode is a British-Canadian film director and editor known for directing a range of Hollywood features, including the James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies."
  • C. Sydney Pollack
    Sydney Pollack was an American film director, producer, and actor known for acclaimed movies such as "Out of Africa," "Tootsie," and "The Firm."
  • D. John McTiernan
    John McTiernan is an American film director best known for influential action movies such as "Die Hard" and "Predator."
  • E. Jonathan Mostow
    Jonathan Mostow is an American film director best known for helming the science fiction action sequel "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines."
  • 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_69abb89be08c81909eb5ea672ea46b2b completed March 7, 2026, 5:33 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae5d838f5c81908b59dcadd0014787 completed March 9, 2026, 5:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae5de5319c81909a4efa6a771a4ae5 completed March 9, 2026, 5:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae5e324c948190bc82213412c8cdc9 completed March 9, 2026, 5:44 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.