Triple

T2771005
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Expendables 2 E61454 entity
Predicate director P255 FINISHED
Object Simon West
Simon West is a British film director best known for high-octane action movies such as "Con Air," "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider," and other Hollywood blockbusters.
 E296895 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: Simon West | Statement: [The Expendables 2, director, Simon West]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Simon West
Context triple: [The Expendables 2, director, Simon West]
  • A. Stephen Sommers
    Stephen Sommers is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for helming big-budget action-adventure and fantasy films such as The Mummy series and Van Helsing.
  • B. Roger Spottiswoode
    Roger Spottiswoode is a British-Canadian film director and editor known for directing a range of Hollywood features, including the James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies."
  • C. James MacDonald
    James MacDonald was an American sound effects artist and voice actor for Disney, known for providing voices and innovative audio work in many classic animated films.
  • D. Tony Kaye
    Tony Kaye is a British film director and cinematographer best known for directing the critically acclaimed drama "American History X."
  • E. Tony Kaye
    Tony Kaye is an English keyboardist best known as a founding member of the progressive rock band Yes.
  • 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: Simon West
Triple: [The Expendables 2, director, Simon West]
Generated description
Simon West is a British film director best known for high-octane action movies such as "Con Air," "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider," and other Hollywood blockbusters.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Simon West
Target entity description: Simon West is a British film director best known for high-octane action movies such as "Con Air," "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider," and other Hollywood blockbusters.
  • A. Stephen Sommers
    Stephen Sommers is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for helming big-budget action-adventure and fantasy films such as The Mummy series and Van Helsing.
  • B. Roger Spottiswoode
    Roger Spottiswoode is a British-Canadian film director and editor known for directing a range of Hollywood features, including the James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies."
  • C. James MacDonald
    James MacDonald was an American sound effects artist and voice actor for Disney, known for providing voices and innovative audio work in many classic animated films.
  • D. Tony Kaye
    Tony Kaye is a British film director and cinematographer best known for directing the critically acclaimed drama "American History X."
  • E. Tony Kaye
    Tony Kaye is an English keyboardist best known as a founding member of the progressive rock band Yes.
  • 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_69ab4b7cd13481909174bca9809ed259 completed March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdd6a23208190ba94c9a9f601a042 completed March 7, 2026, 8:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afc05061808190abe709eff7a8c986 completed March 10, 2026, 6:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afc0b6f7208190ac4f135ae72f0336 completed March 10, 2026, 6:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afc133f8088190bd505db0d0d1d6f7 completed March 10, 2026, 6:59 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:57 p.m.