Triple

T315470
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lights of New York (1928 film) E7695 entity
Predicate hasCastMember P2308 FINISHED
Object Wheeler Oakman
Wheeler Oakman was an American film actor of the silent and early sound eras, known for his prolific work in crime dramas and serials.
E40599 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: Wheeler Oakman | Statement: [Lights of New York (1928 film), hasCastMember, Wheeler Oakman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wheeler Oakman
Context triple: [Lights of New York (1928 film), hasCastMember, Wheeler Oakman]
  • A. William F. Buckley Jr.
    William F. Buckley Jr. was a prominent American conservative author, commentator, and founder of National Review who helped shape postwar conservative thought and politics in the United States.
  • B. Christopher Hitchens
    Christopher Hitchens was a British-American author, journalist, and polemicist known for his sharp wit, contrarian views, and influential writings on religion, politics, and culture.
  • C. Steve Holmes
    Steve Holmes is a Hungarian-born adult film actor and director known for his extensive career in the European and American pornography industries.
  • D. Stephen E. Smith
    Stephen E. Smith was an American businessman and political strategist closely associated with the Kennedy family, notably serving as a key adviser and organizer in their political campaigns.
  • E. Tom Engelhardt
    Tom Engelhardt is an American editor, essayist, and critic best known for founding and running the political commentary site TomDispatch, where he writes extensively on U.S. foreign policy, militarism, and empire.
  • 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: Wheeler Oakman
Triple: [Lights of New York (1928 film), hasCastMember, Wheeler Oakman]
Generated description
Wheeler Oakman was an American film actor of the silent and early sound eras, known for his prolific work in crime dramas and serials.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wheeler Oakman
Target entity description: Wheeler Oakman was an American film actor of the silent and early sound eras, known for his prolific work in crime dramas and serials.
  • A. William F. Buckley Jr.
    William F. Buckley Jr. was a prominent American conservative author, commentator, and founder of National Review who helped shape postwar conservative thought and politics in the United States.
  • B. Christopher Hitchens
    Christopher Hitchens was a British-American author, journalist, and polemicist known for his sharp wit, contrarian views, and influential writings on religion, politics, and culture.
  • C. Steve Holmes
    Steve Holmes is a Hungarian-born adult film actor and director known for his extensive career in the European and American pornography industries.
  • D. Stephen E. Smith
    Stephen E. Smith was an American businessman and political strategist closely associated with the Kennedy family, notably serving as a key adviser and organizer in their political campaigns.
  • E. Tom Engelhardt
    Tom Engelhardt is an American editor, essayist, and critic best known for founding and running the political commentary site TomDispatch, where he writes extensively on U.S. foreign policy, militarism, and empire.
  • 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_69a3c41c00888190861d2b6d4bfc8904 completed March 1, 2026, 4:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3c5cca244819082e9565558f23dbe completed March 1, 2026, 4:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3c64599ac81908e30e5452cc91b97 completed March 1, 2026, 4:53 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.