Triple

T2116829
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Let's Dance E43827 entity
Predicate director P255 FINISHED
Object Norman Z. McLeod
Norman Z. McLeod was an American film director best known for his work on classic Hollywood comedies in the 1930s and 1940s, including films with the Marx Brothers and W.C. Fields.
E450431 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: Norman Z. McLeod | Statement: [Let's Dance, director, Norman Z. McLeod]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Z. McLeod
Context triple: [Let's Dance, director, Norman Z. McLeod]
  • A. Robert N. Davoren
    Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
  • B. Wilfred J. McNeil
    Wilfred J. McNeil was an American government official who served in senior defense-related administrative roles, including leadership of the U.S. Munitions Board during the mid-20th century.
  • C. Cyril J. Mockridge
    Cyril J. Mockridge was a British-born American film composer and arranger best known for his extensive work scoring Hollywood films for 20th Century Fox during the mid-20th century.
  • D. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • E. Leonard M. Isitt
    Leonard M. Isitt was a senior Royal New Zealand Air Force officer who represented New Zealand at the formal Japanese surrender ceremony ending World War II.
  • 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: Norman Z. McLeod
Triple: [Let's Dance, director, Norman Z. McLeod]
Generated description
Norman Z. McLeod was an American film director best known for his work on classic Hollywood comedies in the 1930s and 1940s, including films with the Marx Brothers and W.C. Fields.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Z. McLeod
Target entity description: Norman Z. McLeod was an American film director best known for his work on classic Hollywood comedies in the 1930s and 1940s, including films with the Marx Brothers and W.C. Fields.
  • A. Robert N. Davoren
    Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
  • B. Wilfred J. McNeil
    Wilfred J. McNeil was an American government official who served in senior defense-related administrative roles, including leadership of the U.S. Munitions Board during the mid-20th century.
  • C. Cyril J. Mockridge
    Cyril J. Mockridge was a British-born American film composer and arranger best known for his extensive work scoring Hollywood films for 20th Century Fox during the mid-20th century.
  • D. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • E. Leonard M. Isitt
    Leonard M. Isitt was a senior Royal New Zealand Air Force officer who represented New Zealand at the formal Japanese surrender ceremony ending World War II.
  • 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_69a88717cfe48190b7ecdd68c824848a completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbb2dfd3c81909b5e2996bc324301 completed March 7, 2026, 5:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdacb883188190a213986b2816cde2 completed March 20, 2026, 8:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdad4e4a6c81908b5fabc7b0ec82b2 completed March 20, 2026, 8:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdadad12fc81908a2424e353eeca34 completed March 20, 2026, 8:27 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:43 p.m.