Triple
T315405
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Singing Fool |
E7694
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lloyd Bacon
Lloyd Bacon was an American film director and actor best known for his prolific work in Hollywood during the 1920s–1940s, including numerous musicals and comedies for Warner Bros.
|
E40802
|
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: Lloyd Bacon | Statement: [The Singing Fool, director, Lloyd Bacon]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lloyd Bacon Context triple: [The Singing Fool, director, Lloyd Bacon]
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A.
Allan Dwan
Allan Dwan was a pioneering Canadian-born American film director and producer whose prolific career spanned the silent and early sound eras of Hollywood cinema.
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B.
William C. deMille
William C. deMille was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director of the silent and early sound era, known for his sophisticated dramas and as the brother of famed director Cecil B. DeMille.
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C.
Valentine Fleming
Valentine Fleming was a British Conservative politician and World War I officer whose death in action left a lasting impact on his family, including his son, author Ian Fleming.
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D.
Richard DeMille
Richard DeMille was an American writer and psychologist known for his critical examinations of Carlos Castaneda’s work and for being the adopted son of famed film director Cecil B. DeMille.
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E.
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Ernest B. Schoedsack was an American film director and cinematographer best known for co-directing the classic adventure-horror film "King Kong" (1933).
- 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: Lloyd Bacon Triple: [The Singing Fool, director, Lloyd Bacon]
Generated description
Lloyd Bacon was an American film director and actor best known for his prolific work in Hollywood during the 1920s–1940s, including numerous musicals and comedies for Warner Bros.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lloyd Bacon Target entity description: Lloyd Bacon was an American film director and actor best known for his prolific work in Hollywood during the 1920s–1940s, including numerous musicals and comedies for Warner Bros.
-
A.
Allan Dwan
Allan Dwan was a pioneering Canadian-born American film director and producer whose prolific career spanned the silent and early sound eras of Hollywood cinema.
-
B.
William C. deMille
William C. deMille was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director of the silent and early sound era, known for his sophisticated dramas and as the brother of famed director Cecil B. DeMille.
-
C.
Valentine Fleming
Valentine Fleming was a British Conservative politician and World War I officer whose death in action left a lasting impact on his family, including his son, author Ian Fleming.
-
D.
Richard DeMille
Richard DeMille was an American writer and psychologist known for his critical examinations of Carlos Castaneda’s work and for being the adopted son of famed film director Cecil B. DeMille.
-
E.
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Ernest B. Schoedsack was an American film director and cinematographer best known for co-directing the classic adventure-horror film "King Kong" (1933).
- 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_69a2e7e7af7881908890039d6be4e9b8 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ea6462148190825acc57f6d2adaf |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3c41a499081909b5aa82432daf96d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 4:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a3c66fb86c8190bb21f860ecb514d8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 4:54 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3c6ef06b081909d41c461b8ad3d56 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 4:56 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.