Triple
T3022845
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Spiral Staircase |
E82504
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert Siodmak
Robert Siodmak was a German-born film director best known for his influential work in Hollywood film noir during the 1940s.
|
E320821
|
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 Siodmak | Statement: [The Spiral Staircase, director, Robert Siodmak]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Siodmak Context triple: [The Spiral Staircase, director, Robert Siodmak]
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A.
Val Lewton
Val Lewton was a Russian-born American film producer best known for his influential low-budget horror films of the 1940s, including classics like "Cat People" and "I Walked with a Zombie."
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B.
Josef von Sternberg
Josef von Sternberg was an influential Austrian-American film director best known for his visually stylized Hollywood films and his collaborations with actress Marlene Dietrich in the early 1930s.
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C.
Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang was an influential Austrian-German filmmaker and screenwriter, best known for pioneering expressionist cinema with classics like "Metropolis" and "M."
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D.
Nicholas Ray
Nicholas Ray was an influential American film director best known for his emotionally charged, visually distinctive dramas of the 1940s and 1950s, including the iconic teen film "Rebel Without a Cause."
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E.
Robert Benton
Robert Benton is an American film director and screenwriter best known for his Academy Award–winning work on dramas such as "Kramer vs. Kramer."
- 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 Siodmak Triple: [The Spiral Staircase, director, Robert Siodmak]
Generated description
Robert Siodmak was a German-born film director best known for his influential work in Hollywood film noir during the 1940s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Siodmak Target entity description: Robert Siodmak was a German-born film director best known for his influential work in Hollywood film noir during the 1940s.
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A.
Val Lewton
Val Lewton was a Russian-born American film producer best known for his influential low-budget horror films of the 1940s, including classics like "Cat People" and "I Walked with a Zombie."
-
B.
Josef von Sternberg
Josef von Sternberg was an influential Austrian-American film director best known for his visually stylized Hollywood films and his collaborations with actress Marlene Dietrich in the early 1930s.
-
C.
Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang was an influential Austrian-German filmmaker and screenwriter, best known for pioneering expressionist cinema with classics like "Metropolis" and "M."
-
D.
Nicholas Ray
Nicholas Ray was an influential American film director best known for his emotionally charged, visually distinctive dramas of the 1940s and 1950s, including the iconic teen film "Rebel Without a Cause."
-
E.
Robert Benton
Robert Benton is an American film director and screenwriter best known for his Academy Award–winning work on dramas such as "Kramer vs. Kramer."
- 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_69ad8b1fb34081908c1b873e2b7273e1 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad9a963034819093d96566e9b0cea9 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b1deafdcb881908174331d5bfc6349 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 9:29 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b1df36fc448190856cda08f83feded |
completed | March 11, 2026, 9:31 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b1dfae6bb48190828820eae70e2f84 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 9:33 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3 p.m.