Triple
T2798017
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Walker Evans |
E53084
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert Frank
Robert Frank was a Swiss-American photographer and filmmaker best known for his groundbreaking 1958 photobook "The Americans," which transformed documentary and street photography with its raw, unconventional style.
|
E298372
|
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: Robert Frank | Statement: [Walker Evans, influenced, Robert Frank]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Frank Context triple: [Walker Evans, influenced, Robert Frank]
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A.
Garry Winogrand
Garry Winogrand was a pioneering American street photographer known for his candid, energetic images of mid-20th-century life in the United States, particularly in New York City.
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B.
W. Eugene Smith
W. Eugene Smith was a pioneering American photojournalist renowned for his powerful, humanistic photo-essays in magazines like Life.
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C.
Elliott Erwitt
Elliott Erwitt was a renowned American photographer celebrated for his candid black-and-white images that blend street photography with subtle humor and humanism.
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D.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson was a pioneering French photographer and photojournalist, celebrated as a master of candid street photography and the concept of the “decisive moment.”
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E.
Walker Evans
Walker Evans was a prominent American photographer renowned for his stark, influential images of everyday life during the Great Depression.
- 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: Robert Frank Triple: [Walker Evans, influenced, Robert Frank]
Generated description
Robert Frank was a Swiss-American photographer and filmmaker best known for his groundbreaking 1958 photobook "The Americans," which transformed documentary and street photography with its raw, unconventional style.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Frank Target entity description: Robert Frank was a Swiss-American photographer and filmmaker best known for his groundbreaking 1958 photobook "The Americans," which transformed documentary and street photography with its raw, unconventional style.
-
A.
Garry Winogrand
Garry Winogrand was a pioneering American street photographer known for his candid, energetic images of mid-20th-century life in the United States, particularly in New York City.
-
B.
W. Eugene Smith
W. Eugene Smith was a pioneering American photojournalist renowned for his powerful, humanistic photo-essays in magazines like Life.
-
C.
Elliott Erwitt
Elliott Erwitt was a renowned American photographer celebrated for his candid black-and-white images that blend street photography with subtle humor and humanism.
-
D.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson was a pioneering French photographer and photojournalist, celebrated as a master of candid street photography and the concept of the “decisive moment.”
-
E.
Walker Evans
Walker Evans was a prominent American photographer renowned for his stark, influential images of everyday life during the Great Depression.
- 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_69ab495a90788190941b6917e1eca3a6 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abddf204148190a53f3f30d645d94c |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69afc66798148190bd7b163043167409 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 7:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69afc6e808708190a6fecd30f47d7e5a |
completed | March 10, 2026, 7:23 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69afc766c2508190af1d598eb18d38f7 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 7:25 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:58 p.m.