Triple
T3017989
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Man Who Cheated Himself |
E82383
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Felix E. Feist
Felix E. Feist was an American film and television director and screenwriter known for his work in mid-20th-century crime dramas and film noir.
|
E449246
|
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: Felix E. Feist | Statement: [The Man Who Cheated Himself, director, Felix E. Feist]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Felix E. Feist Context triple: [The Man Who Cheated Himself, director, Felix E. Feist]
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A.
Fred F. Finklehoffe
Fred F. Finklehoffe was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on classic Hollywood films and collaborations with major studios during the 1940s.
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B.
Walter Wolfrum
Walter Wolfrum was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace of World War II, credited with numerous aerial victories on the Eastern Front.
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C.
Fredric Steinkamp
Fredric Steinkamp was an American film editor best known for his acclaimed work on major Hollywood productions, including the Oscar-winning epic "Out of Africa."
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D.
Walter Naegle
Walter Naegle is an American activist and archivist best known as the longtime partner and estate executor of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin.
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E.
William Sachse
William Sachse was a 19th-century Texas pioneer and landowner after whom the city of Sachse, Texas, is named.
- 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: Felix E. Feist Triple: [The Man Who Cheated Himself, director, Felix E. Feist]
Generated description
Felix E. Feist was an American film and television director and screenwriter known for his work in mid-20th-century crime dramas and film noir.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Felix E. Feist Target entity description: Felix E. Feist was an American film and television director and screenwriter known for his work in mid-20th-century crime dramas and film noir.
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A.
Fred F. Finklehoffe
Fred F. Finklehoffe was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on classic Hollywood films and collaborations with major studios during the 1940s.
-
B.
Walter Wolfrum
Walter Wolfrum was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace of World War II, credited with numerous aerial victories on the Eastern Front.
-
C.
Fredric Steinkamp
Fredric Steinkamp was an American film editor best known for his acclaimed work on major Hollywood productions, including the Oscar-winning epic "Out of Africa."
-
D.
Walter Naegle
Walter Naegle is an American activist and archivist best known as the longtime partner and estate executor of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin.
-
E.
William Sachse
William Sachse was a 19th-century Texas pioneer and landowner after whom the city of Sachse, Texas, is named.
- 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_69ad8b1eb53481908c39bbcd1ec104b2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad9a90ea64819080620e60bbd6aa24 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bda3e679a881908f91a36675037d1a |
completed | March 20, 2026, 7:45 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bda46fa0f08190b02b98fd51d65166 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 7:47 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bda556d4188190a00d6e6259139c10 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 7:51 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3 p.m.