Triple

T2798017
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Walker Evans E53084 entity
Predicate influenced P9 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]
  • 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
  • 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.