Triple

T2305488
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sparrows (1926 film) E51828 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object C. Gardner Sullivan
C. Gardner Sullivan was an influential early American screenwriter known for his work on silent and early sound films in Hollywood.
E667861 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: C. Gardner Sullivan | Statement: [Sparrows (1926 film), screenwriter, C. Gardner Sullivan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C. Gardner Sullivan
Context triple: [Sparrows (1926 film), screenwriter, C. Gardner Sullivan]
  • A. Charles D. Norton
    Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
  • B. Harwood K. Smith
    Harwood K. Smith was an American architect and businessman best known as the founder of the architecture and engineering firm HKS, Inc.
  • C. Ludlow Ogden Smith
    Ludlow Ogden Smith was an American businessman best known as the first husband of actress Katharine Hepburn.
  • D. Edmund G. Ross
    Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
  • E. Lewis M. Rutherfurd
    Lewis M. Rutherfurd was a 19th-century American lawyer-turned-astronomer and pioneering astrophotographer known for his influential work in celestial photography and astronomical instrumentation.
  • 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: C. Gardner Sullivan
Triple: [Sparrows (1926 film), screenwriter, C. Gardner Sullivan]
Generated description
C. Gardner Sullivan was an influential early American screenwriter known for his work on silent and early sound films in Hollywood.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C. Gardner Sullivan
Target entity description: C. Gardner Sullivan was an influential early American screenwriter known for his work on silent and early sound films in Hollywood.
  • A. Charles D. Norton
    Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
  • B. Harwood K. Smith
    Harwood K. Smith was an American architect and businessman best known as the founder of the architecture and engineering firm HKS, Inc.
  • C. Ludlow Ogden Smith
    Ludlow Ogden Smith was an American businessman best known as the first husband of actress Katharine Hepburn.
  • D. Edmund G. Ross
    Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
  • E. Lewis M. Rutherfurd
    Lewis M. Rutherfurd was a 19th-century American lawyer-turned-astronomer and pioneering astrophotographer known for his influential work in celestial photography and astronomical instrumentation.
  • 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_69c83c2fa16c8190b03ed4d47b6090e7 completed March 28, 2026, 8:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c83e08a2fc819086e48d1c4a297f27 completed March 28, 2026, 8:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c83e9d599c81908ffb32d884086eeb completed March 28, 2026, 8:48 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:49 p.m.