Triple

T3201718
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Viva Zapata! E67065 entity
Predicate artDirector P7743 FINISHED
Object Lyle R. Wheeler
Lyle R. Wheeler was an American art director and production designer renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films and for winning multiple Academy Awards.
 E783177 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: Lyle R. Wheeler | Statement: [Viva Zapata!, artDirector, Lyle R. Wheeler]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lyle R. Wheeler
Context triple: [Viva Zapata!, artDirector, Lyle R. Wheeler]
  • A. Kent L. Wakeford
    Kent L. Wakeford was an American cinematographer known for his work on influential 1970s films, particularly in collaboration with director Martin Scorsese.
  • B. James L. Wilmeth
    James L. Wilmeth was an American government official who served as a senior federal financial administrator in the early 20th century.
  • C. Hugh J. Jewett
    Hugh J. Jewett was a 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and railroad executive best known for serving as president of the Erie Railroad.
  • D. Richard T. Wetherald
    Richard T. Wetherald was an atmospheric scientist known for his pioneering work with Syukuro Manabe on early climate modeling and the greenhouse effect.
  • E. Charles S. Dutton
    Charles S. Dutton is an American actor and director known for his powerful performances in film, television, and theater, including his Emmy-winning work on shows like "The Practice" and "Without a Trace."
  • 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: Lyle R. Wheeler
Triple: [Viva Zapata!, artDirector, Lyle R. Wheeler]
Generated description
Lyle R. Wheeler was an American art director and production designer renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films and for winning multiple Academy Awards.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lyle R. Wheeler
Target entity description: Lyle R. Wheeler was an American art director and production designer renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films and for winning multiple Academy Awards.
  • A. Kent L. Wakeford
    Kent L. Wakeford was an American cinematographer known for his work on influential 1970s films, particularly in collaboration with director Martin Scorsese.
  • B. James L. Wilmeth
    James L. Wilmeth was an American government official who served as a senior federal financial administrator in the early 20th century.
  • C. Hugh J. Jewett
    Hugh J. Jewett was a 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and railroad executive best known for serving as president of the Erie Railroad.
  • D. Richard T. Wetherald
    Richard T. Wetherald was an atmospheric scientist known for his pioneering work with Syukuro Manabe on early climate modeling and the greenhouse effect.
  • E. Charles S. Dutton
    Charles S. Dutton is an American actor and director known for his powerful performances in film, television, and theater, including his Emmy-winning work on shows like "The Practice" and "Without a Trace."
  • 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_69ad8589bd988190afa7ed2bdffb7b33 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada9b046c8819087c0a61c4f9adeb7 completed March 8, 2026, 4:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d05bd623b88190aeecaa70f92e5c3c completed April 4, 2026, 12:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d05d2e27a081909497f48f3b93b1fe completed April 4, 2026, 12:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d05df1a0888190a2bdc48a159b865e completed April 4, 2026, 12:40 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:07 p.m.