Triple

T379888
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject New Hollywood E8654 entity
Predicate notableDirector P4744 FINISHED
Object Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols was an acclaimed American film and theater director known for influential works like "The Graduate" and his sharp, character-driven storytelling that helped define a generation of cinema.
E51656 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: Mike Nichols | Statement: [New Hollywood, notableDirector, Mike Nichols]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mike Nichols
Context triple: [New Hollywood, notableDirector, Mike Nichols]
  • A. Elia Kazan
    Elia Kazan was a prominent 20th-century American film and theatre director known for influential works like "On the Waterfront" and "A Streetcar Named Desire" and for launching the careers of several major actors.
  • B. Hal Ashby
    Hal Ashby was an influential American film director and editor of the New Hollywood era, known for acclaimed, offbeat classics such as "Harold and Maude," "Shampoo," and "Being There."
  • C. Robert Altman
    Robert Altman was an influential American filmmaker known for his innovative ensemble casts, overlapping dialogue, and satirical, genre-defying films such as "M*A*S*H," "Nashville," and "Short Cuts."
  • D. Norman Jewison
    Norman Jewison was a Canadian film director and producer best known for acclaimed movies such as "In the Heat of the Night," "Fiddler on the Roof," and "Moonstruck."
  • E. Stanley Donen
    Stanley Donen was an American film director and choreographer best known for co-directing classic Hollywood musicals such as "Singin' in the Rain" and "On the Town."
  • 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: Mike Nichols
Triple: [New Hollywood, notableDirector, Mike Nichols]
Generated description
Mike Nichols was an acclaimed American film and theater director known for influential works like "The Graduate" and his sharp, character-driven storytelling that helped define a generation of cinema.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mike Nichols
Target entity description: Mike Nichols was an acclaimed American film and theater director known for influential works like "The Graduate" and his sharp, character-driven storytelling that helped define a generation of cinema.
  • A. Elia Kazan
    Elia Kazan was a prominent 20th-century American film and theatre director known for influential works like "On the Waterfront" and "A Streetcar Named Desire" and for launching the careers of several major actors.
  • B. Hal Ashby
    Hal Ashby was an influential American film director and editor of the New Hollywood era, known for acclaimed, offbeat classics such as "Harold and Maude," "Shampoo," and "Being There."
  • C. Robert Altman
    Robert Altman was an influential American filmmaker known for his innovative ensemble casts, overlapping dialogue, and satirical, genre-defying films such as "M*A*S*H," "Nashville," and "Short Cuts."
  • D. Norman Jewison
    Norman Jewison was a Canadian film director and producer best known for acclaimed movies such as "In the Heat of the Night," "Fiddler on the Roof," and "Moonstruck."
  • E. Stanley Donen
    Stanley Donen was an American film director and choreographer best known for co-directing classic Hollywood musicals such as "Singin' in the Rain" and "On the Town."
  • 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_69a2e7f47dd08190a4e294ccbbe46cd4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ec2b07248190979229bad3a741c9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4177149008190a4b7b252e21dcb09 completed March 1, 2026, 10:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a41834c510819093a9405a0bea297a completed March 1, 2026, 10:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4188888ec8190b9dc3efb93bfe627 completed March 1, 2026, 10:44 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.