Triple
T2269698
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hal Ashby |
E50627
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Hal Ashby
William Hal Ashby was an influential American film director and editor best known for his offbeat, character-driven films of the 1970s such as "Harold and Maude," "Shampoo," and "Being There."
|
E254785
|
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: William Hal Ashby | Statement: [Hal Ashby, birthName, William Hal Ashby]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Hal Ashby Context triple: [Hal Ashby, birthName, William Hal Ashby]
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A.
Edward Linden
Edward Linden was an American cinematographer best known for his work on classic early Hollywood films, including the pioneering visual effects and photography of the 1933 monster movie "King Kong."
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B.
Arthur J. Brown
Arthur J. Brown was a sports team owner best known for owning the New Jersey Americans basketball franchise, a precursor to the Brooklyn Nets in the American Basketball Association.
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C.
Arthur E. Bryson Jr.
Arthur E. Bryson Jr. is a pioneering control theorist and aerospace engineer often regarded as a founder of modern optimal control theory.
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D.
Christopher Parsons
Christopher Parsons was a British wildlife film producer and director renowned for his pioneering work on nature documentaries, particularly with the BBC Natural History Unit.
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E.
John L. Lumley
John L. Lumley was a prominent American fluid dynamicist known for his pioneering contributions to the understanding and modeling of turbulence.
- 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: William Hal Ashby Triple: [Hal Ashby, birthName, William Hal Ashby]
Generated description
William Hal Ashby was an influential American film director and editor best known for his offbeat, character-driven films of the 1970s such as "Harold and Maude," "Shampoo," and "Being There."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Hal Ashby Target entity description: William Hal Ashby was an influential American film director and editor best known for his offbeat, character-driven films of the 1970s such as "Harold and Maude," "Shampoo," and "Being There."
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A.
Edward Linden
Edward Linden was an American cinematographer best known for his work on classic early Hollywood films, including the pioneering visual effects and photography of the 1933 monster movie "King Kong."
-
B.
Arthur J. Brown
Arthur J. Brown was a sports team owner best known for owning the New Jersey Americans basketball franchise, a precursor to the Brooklyn Nets in the American Basketball Association.
-
C.
Arthur E. Bryson Jr.
Arthur E. Bryson Jr. is a pioneering control theorist and aerospace engineer often regarded as a founder of modern optimal control theory.
-
D.
Christopher Parsons
Christopher Parsons was a British wildlife film producer and director renowned for his pioneering work on nature documentaries, particularly with the BBC Natural History Unit.
-
E.
John L. Lumley
John L. Lumley was a prominent American fluid dynamicist known for his pioneering contributions to the understanding and modeling of turbulence.
- 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_69a88b05910c8190a9a2b1ff230c85f9 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc1bd376c8190a43decde599f62e6 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae894a20e0819097f08959f7a062ef |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:48 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae89e2efd48190a2f0a4702dcbc081 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:50 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae8a7726dc8190a18f7f1e1609253a |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:53 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.