Triple
T22595080
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Twitch City |
E574654
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Bruce McDonald
Bruce McDonald is a Canadian film and television director known for his offbeat, independent style in works such as the cult TV series Twitch City and films like Hard Core Logo and Pontypool.
|
E1545226
|
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: Bruce McDonald | Statement: [Twitch City, director, Bruce McDonald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bruce McDonald Context triple: [Twitch City, director, Bruce McDonald]
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A.
Guy Maddin
Guy Maddin is a Canadian filmmaker known for his surreal, visually stylized films that often emulate silent and early sound cinema.
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B.
Don McKellar
Don McKellar is a Canadian actor, writer, and director known for his work on films such as "Last Night" and "The Red Violin," as well as his contributions to Canadian independent cinema and television.
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C.
Bruce McDiarmid
Bruce McDiarmid was a prominent local figure and benefactor associated with the establishment of McDiarmid Park, the home stadium of Scottish football club St Johnstone FC.
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D.
Doug Nichol
Doug Nichol is a British-born film and music video director known for his visually distinctive work with major artists and for directing the documentary "California Typewriter."
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E.
Ray Millar
Ray Millar is a musician best known as a member of the Irish pop group the Miami Showband, which was highly popular during the showband era.
- 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: Bruce McDonald Triple: [Twitch City, director, Bruce McDonald]
Generated description
Bruce McDonald is a Canadian film and television director known for his offbeat, independent style in works such as the cult TV series Twitch City and films like Hard Core Logo and Pontypool.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bruce McDonald Target entity description: Bruce McDonald is a Canadian film and television director known for his offbeat, independent style in works such as the cult TV series Twitch City and films like Hard Core Logo and Pontypool.
-
A.
Guy Maddin
Guy Maddin is a Canadian filmmaker known for his surreal, visually stylized films that often emulate silent and early sound cinema.
-
B.
Don McKellar
Don McKellar is a Canadian actor, writer, and director known for his work on films such as "Last Night" and "The Red Violin," as well as his contributions to Canadian independent cinema and television.
-
C.
Bruce McDiarmid
Bruce McDiarmid was a prominent local figure and benefactor associated with the establishment of McDiarmid Park, the home stadium of Scottish football club St Johnstone FC.
-
D.
Doug Nichol
Doug Nichol is a British-born film and music video director known for his visually distinctive work with major artists and for directing the documentary "California Typewriter."
-
E.
Ray Millar
Ray Millar is a musician best known as a member of the Irish pop group the Miami Showband, which was highly popular during the showband era.
- 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_69e245bc11308190b69d794d5d1e0bb6 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f16164d690819096f7c4efb6cedad9 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 1:39 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0b3d61e0288190b644e5785f2379da |
completed | May 18, 2026, 4:25 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0b45be8b088190ad60342c64b4e064 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 5 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0b46369ac88190adc810e486f21604 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 5:02 p.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 2:49 p.m.