Triple
T20396821
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | White Zombie |
E500227
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Victor Halperin |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Victor Halperin | Statement: [White Zombie, director, Victor Halperin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Victor Halperin Context triple: [White Zombie, director, Victor Halperin]
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A.
Erich Pleskoff
Erich Pleskoff is the birth name of Eric Pleskow, the Austrian-born American film producer and former president of United Artists and Orion Pictures.
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B.
Gregory Ratoff
Gregory Ratoff was a Russian-born American actor, director, and producer known for his character roles in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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C.
Anatole Litvak
Anatole Litvak was a Ukrainian-born film director known for his work in Hollywood and Europe, particularly for psychologically intense dramas and wartime films.
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D.
Victor Schertzinger
Victor Schertzinger was an American film director, composer, and musician active in the early 20th century, known for his work on Hollywood musicals and comedies.
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E.
Ernest Kinoy
Ernest Kinoy was an American screenwriter and playwright known for his work in television and film, including contributions to landmark miniseries and socially conscious dramas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Victor Halperin Target entity description: Victor Halperin was an American film director best known for his influential 1932 horror film "White Zombie," often cited as one of the first feature-length zombie movies.
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A.
Erich Pleskoff
Erich Pleskoff is the birth name of Eric Pleskow, the Austrian-born American film producer and former president of United Artists and Orion Pictures.
-
B.
Gregory Ratoff
Gregory Ratoff was a Russian-born American actor, director, and producer known for his character roles in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
-
C.
Anatole Litvak
Anatole Litvak was a Ukrainian-born film director known for his work in Hollywood and Europe, particularly for psychologically intense dramas and wartime films.
-
D.
Victor Schertzinger
Victor Schertzinger was an American film director, composer, and musician active in the early 20th century, known for his work on Hollywood musicals and comedies.
-
E.
Ernest Kinoy
Ernest Kinoy was an American screenwriter and playwright known for his work in television and film, including contributions to landmark miniseries and socially conscious dramas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69e0b4a81bec8190b69adfdc1336a015 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6798b6640819085d5b12dc35633fe |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:07 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:28 a.m.