Triple

T2305477
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sparrows (1926 film) E51828 entity
Predicate castMember P1668 FINISHED
Object George Nichols
George Nichols was an American actor and film director active during the silent film era.
E306913 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: George Nichols | Statement: [Sparrows (1926 film), castMember, George Nichols]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Nichols
Context triple: [Sparrows (1926 film), castMember, George Nichols]
  • A. George Nichols
    George Nichols was a 19th-century American publisher known for issuing notable literary works, including influential satirical and poetic writings.
  • B. John Haviland
    John Haviland was a prominent 19th-century British-born American architect best known for pioneering radial-plan prison designs and influencing modern penitentiary architecture.
  • C. George Ward
    George Ward was a British Conservative politician who served in senior government roles during the mid-20th century, including as Minister of Supply.
  • D. Arthur Farnsworth
    Arthur Farnsworth was an American assistant director and film executive best known as the second husband of actress Bette Davis.
  • E. William Nicholson
    William Nicholson is a British screenwriter, playwright, and novelist known for works such as "Shadowlands," "Gladiator," and other major film and stage scripts.
  • 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: George Nichols
Triple: [Sparrows (1926 film), castMember, George Nichols]
Generated description
George Nichols was an American actor and film director active during the silent film era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Nichols
Target entity description: George Nichols was an American actor and film director active during the silent film era.
  • A. George Nichols
    George Nichols was a 19th-century American publisher known for issuing notable literary works, including influential satirical and poetic writings.
  • B. John Haviland
    John Haviland was a prominent 19th-century British-born American architect best known for pioneering radial-plan prison designs and influencing modern penitentiary architecture.
  • C. George Ward
    George Ward was a British Conservative politician who served in senior government roles during the mid-20th century, including as Minister of Supply.
  • D. Arthur Farnsworth
    Arthur Farnsworth was an American assistant director and film executive best known as the second husband of actress Bette Davis.
  • E. William Nicholson
    William Nicholson is a British screenwriter, playwright, and novelist known for works such as "Shadowlands," "Gladiator," and other major film and stage scripts.
  • 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_69a88b0bb30c81908ded03b006d29387 completed March 4, 2026, 7:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc60300388190993bed7d312a92d5 completed March 7, 2026, 6:30 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b030fc819c8190a1bd9bba49760fec completed March 10, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b034d9140881909800f0f052fb4f83 completed March 10, 2026, 3:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b035b102b081908b0d9f272ab9c1b1 completed March 10, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:49 p.m.