Triple

T2667902
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ben-Hur E55681 entity
Predicate producer P490 FINISHED
Object Sam Zimbalist
Sam Zimbalist was an American film producer best known for overseeing the epic 1959 MGM classic "Ben-Hur" and other major Hollywood productions of the mid-20th century.
E299075 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: Sam Zimbalist | Statement: [Ben-Hur, producer, Sam Zimbalist]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Zimbalist
Context triple: [Ben-Hur, producer, Sam Zimbalist]
  • A. Efrem Zimbalist
    Efrem Zimbalist was a renowned Russian-American violinist, composer, and influential pedagogue of the 20th century.
  • B. Walter Schwimmer
    Walter Schwimmer is an Austrian diplomat and politician best known for serving as Secretary General of the Council of Europe from 1999 to 2004.
  • C. Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
    Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was an American actor best known for his starring roles in the television series "77 Sunset Strip" and "The F.B.I."
  • D. Dick Van Patten
    Dick Van Patten was an American actor best known for his role as the father on the television series "Eight Is Enough" and for numerous character roles in film and TV comedies.
  • E. Joseph Markovitch
    Joseph Markovitch was the father of French photographer and painter Dora Maar, a key figure in the Surrealist movement and companion of Pablo Picasso.
  • 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: Sam Zimbalist
Triple: [Ben-Hur, producer, Sam Zimbalist]
Generated description
Sam Zimbalist was an American film producer best known for overseeing the epic 1959 MGM classic "Ben-Hur" and other major Hollywood productions of the mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Zimbalist
Target entity description: Sam Zimbalist was an American film producer best known for overseeing the epic 1959 MGM classic "Ben-Hur" and other major Hollywood productions of the mid-20th century.
  • A. Efrem Zimbalist
    Efrem Zimbalist was a renowned Russian-American violinist, composer, and influential pedagogue of the 20th century.
  • B. Walter Schwimmer
    Walter Schwimmer is an Austrian diplomat and politician best known for serving as Secretary General of the Council of Europe from 1999 to 2004.
  • C. Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
    Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was an American actor best known for his starring roles in the television series "77 Sunset Strip" and "The F.B.I."
  • D. Dick Van Patten
    Dick Van Patten was an American actor best known for his role as the father on the television series "Eight Is Enough" and for numerous character roles in film and TV comedies.
  • E. Joseph Markovitch
    Joseph Markovitch was the father of French photographer and painter Dora Maar, a key figure in the Surrealist movement and companion of Pablo Picasso.
  • 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_69ab49e54de48190be708cd1cf8be073 completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd98a4ee88190aa7ef914e316ba31 completed March 7, 2026, 7:53 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afc6382a2081909ea7216c19a65e7e completed March 10, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afc6c6c620819098b76db174a6f98e completed March 10, 2026, 7:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afc72b2e3c8190aad78ac8924f07af completed March 10, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:54 p.m.