Triple
T2340594
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Dam Busters (1955 film) |
E45016
|
entity |
| Predicate | cinematographyBy |
P1953
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Erwin Hillier
Erwin Hillier was a German-born British cinematographer renowned for his work on classic mid-20th-century films, particularly in the British film industry.
|
E319579
|
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: Erwin Hillier | Statement: [The Dam Busters (1955 film), cinematographyBy, Erwin Hillier]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Erwin Hillier Context triple: [The Dam Busters (1955 film), cinematographyBy, Erwin Hillier]
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A.
Herbert Jenkins
Herbert Jenkins was a British publishing company best known for issuing popular fiction, including many works by P. G. Wodehouse.
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B.
Gerald Wilkinson
Gerald Wilkinson was a British naturalist, illustrator, and author known for his influential books on trees, woodlands, and the English countryside.
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C.
Stanley Goble
Stanley Goble was an Australian naval aviator and senior officer who became a pioneering figure in military aviation and later served as Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Australian Air Force.
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D.
George Pilger
George Pilger is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Pilger, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not well documented.
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E.
Walter Crickmer
Walter Crickmer was an English football club secretary and manager for Manchester United who was among those who died in the 1958 Munich air disaster.
- 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: Erwin Hillier Triple: [The Dam Busters (1955 film), cinematographyBy, Erwin Hillier]
Generated description
Erwin Hillier was a German-born British cinematographer renowned for his work on classic mid-20th-century films, particularly in the British film industry.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Erwin Hillier Target entity description: Erwin Hillier was a German-born British cinematographer renowned for his work on classic mid-20th-century films, particularly in the British film industry.
-
A.
Herbert Jenkins
Herbert Jenkins was a British publishing company best known for issuing popular fiction, including many works by P. G. Wodehouse.
-
B.
Gerald Wilkinson
Gerald Wilkinson was a British naturalist, illustrator, and author known for his influential books on trees, woodlands, and the English countryside.
-
C.
Stanley Goble
Stanley Goble was an Australian naval aviator and senior officer who became a pioneering figure in military aviation and later served as Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Australian Air Force.
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D.
George Pilger
George Pilger is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Pilger, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not well documented.
-
E.
Walter Crickmer
Walter Crickmer was an English football club secretary and manager for Manchester United who was among those who died in the 1958 Munich air disaster.
- 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_69a88917935081909b755dbf38e81024 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc6abf1688190b7c404de0979149a |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:33 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b12ded5f9c8190a0de21b631d970b0 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 8:55 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b1316ee0708190bd27bb78f7f298d3 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 9:10 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b1d6729f848190a275638f074c1729 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 8:54 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:52 p.m.