Triple

T2008937
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Deer Hunter E43647 entity
Predicate cinematographer P1953 FINISHED
Object Vilmos Zsigmond
Vilmos Zsigmond was an acclaimed Hungarian-American cinematographer renowned for his innovative, atmospheric visual style in films of the 1970s and 1980s, including his Academy Award-winning work.
 E226088 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: Vilmos Zsigmond | Statement: [The Deer Hunter, cinematographer, Vilmos Zsigmond]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Vilmos Zsigmond
Context triple: [The Deer Hunter, cinematographer, Vilmos Zsigmond]
  • A. Gordon Willis
    Gordon Willis was an influential American cinematographer, often called the "Prince of Darkness," renowned for his innovative use of shadow and light in films such as The Godfather series and Annie Hall.
  • B. Conrad L. Hall
    Conrad L. Hall was an acclaimed American cinematographer renowned for his innovative visual style and multiple Academy Award–winning work on films such as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "American Beauty," and "Road to Perdition."
  • C. Robby Müller
    Robby Müller was a renowned Dutch cinematographer celebrated for his innovative, naturalistic visual style in films by directors such as Wim Wenders and Jim Jarmusch.
  • D. Sven Nykvist
    Sven Nykvist was an acclaimed Swedish cinematographer best known for his long collaboration with director Ingmar Bergman and his naturalistic, light-focused visual style.
  • E. Tom Benedek
    Tom Benedek is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the science fiction film "Cocoon."
  • 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: Vilmos Zsigmond
Triple: [The Deer Hunter, cinematographer, Vilmos Zsigmond]
Generated description
Vilmos Zsigmond was an acclaimed Hungarian-American cinematographer renowned for his innovative, atmospheric visual style in films of the 1970s and 1980s, including his Academy Award-winning work.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Vilmos Zsigmond
Target entity description: Vilmos Zsigmond was an acclaimed Hungarian-American cinematographer renowned for his innovative, atmospheric visual style in films of the 1970s and 1980s, including his Academy Award-winning work.
  • A. Gordon Willis
    Gordon Willis was an influential American cinematographer, often called the "Prince of Darkness," renowned for his innovative use of shadow and light in films such as The Godfather series and Annie Hall.
  • B. Conrad L. Hall
    Conrad L. Hall was an acclaimed American cinematographer renowned for his innovative visual style and multiple Academy Award–winning work on films such as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "American Beauty," and "Road to Perdition."
  • C. Robby Müller
    Robby Müller was a renowned Dutch cinematographer celebrated for his innovative, naturalistic visual style in films by directors such as Wim Wenders and Jim Jarmusch.
  • D. Sven Nykvist
    Sven Nykvist was an acclaimed Swedish cinematographer best known for his long collaboration with director Ingmar Bergman and his naturalistic, light-focused visual style.
  • E. Tom Benedek
    Tom Benedek is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the science fiction film "Cocoon."
  • 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_69ae0ae395a08190abf2077ad7a975ba completed March 8, 2026, 11:48 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae0bb8b34c81908f817bb1fbcb1873 completed March 8, 2026, 11:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae0c20aaf48190852334f9c76d0d18 completed March 8, 2026, 11:54 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.