Triple

T3022852
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Spiral Staircase E82504 entity
Predicate editor P1954 FINISHED
Object Harry Gerstad
Harry Gerstad was an American film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including his Academy Award-winning editing on "Champion" and "High Noon."
 E320824 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: Harry Gerstad | Statement: [The Spiral Staircase, editor, Harry Gerstad]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Harry Gerstad
Context triple: [The Spiral Staircase, editor, Harry Gerstad]
  • A. Carl Erickson
    Carl Erickson was an American screenwriter active in early 20th-century Hollywood, known for his work on several studio films during the 1930s.
  • B. Fred Borch
    Fred Borch was an American business executive best known for his leadership at General Electric and his influential role in U.S. corporate governance circles.
  • C. Harold Norse
    Harold Norse was an American Beat-influenced poet known for his innovative, often autobiographical verse and his involvement in mid-20th-century avant-garde literary circles.
  • D. Hans Dreier
    Hans Dreier was a prominent German-born art director in Hollywood’s Golden Age, best known for his influential visual design work on numerous Paramount Pictures films.
  • E. Ronald Nored
    Ronald Nored is a former Butler University point guard and defensive standout who helped lead the Bulldogs to consecutive NCAA Tournament title games before transitioning into a coaching career.
  • 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: Harry Gerstad
Triple: [The Spiral Staircase, editor, Harry Gerstad]
Generated description
Harry Gerstad was an American film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including his Academy Award-winning editing on "Champion" and "High Noon."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Harry Gerstad
Target entity description: Harry Gerstad was an American film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including his Academy Award-winning editing on "Champion" and "High Noon."
  • A. Carl Erickson
    Carl Erickson was an American screenwriter active in early 20th-century Hollywood, known for his work on several studio films during the 1930s.
  • B. Fred Borch
    Fred Borch was an American business executive best known for his leadership at General Electric and his influential role in U.S. corporate governance circles.
  • C. Harold Norse
    Harold Norse was an American Beat-influenced poet known for his innovative, often autobiographical verse and his involvement in mid-20th-century avant-garde literary circles.
  • D. Hans Dreier
    Hans Dreier was a prominent German-born art director in Hollywood’s Golden Age, best known for his influential visual design work on numerous Paramount Pictures films.
  • E. Ronald Nored
    Ronald Nored is a former Butler University point guard and defensive standout who helped lead the Bulldogs to consecutive NCAA Tournament title games before transitioning into a coaching career.
  • 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.