Triple
T3819791
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | More American Graffiti |
E84344
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Bill L. Norton
Bill L. Norton is an American film and television director and screenwriter known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s, including projects in both feature films and popular TV series.
|
E526824
|
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: Bill L. Norton | Statement: [More American Graffiti, director, Bill L. Norton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill L. Norton Context triple: [More American Graffiti, director, Bill L. Norton]
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A.
Roger E. Broggie
Roger E. Broggie is a steam locomotive at Walt Disney World Railroad named in honor of Disney Imagineer and master machinist Roger E. Broggie, who was instrumental in developing Disney’s early railroad and ride systems.
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B.
Roger D. Lapham
Roger D. Lapham was an American shipping executive and politician who served as mayor of San Francisco in the 1940s.
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C.
Fred M. Wilcox
Fred M. Wilcox was an American film director best known for the science fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and the family film "Lassie Come Home."
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D.
Fred Luddy
Fred Luddy is an American entrepreneur and software executive best known as the founder of the cloud-based enterprise software company ServiceNow.
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E.
Gerald R. Molen
Gerald R. Molen is an American film producer best known for his collaborations with Steven Spielberg on major films such as "Schindler’s List" and "Jurassic Park."
- 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: Bill L. Norton Triple: [More American Graffiti, director, Bill L. Norton]
Generated description
Bill L. Norton is an American film and television director and screenwriter known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s, including projects in both feature films and popular TV series.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill L. Norton Target entity description: Bill L. Norton is an American film and television director and screenwriter known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s, including projects in both feature films and popular TV series.
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A.
Roger E. Broggie
Roger E. Broggie is a steam locomotive at Walt Disney World Railroad named in honor of Disney Imagineer and master machinist Roger E. Broggie, who was instrumental in developing Disney’s early railroad and ride systems.
-
B.
Roger D. Lapham
Roger D. Lapham was an American shipping executive and politician who served as mayor of San Francisco in the 1940s.
-
C.
Fred M. Wilcox
Fred M. Wilcox was an American film director best known for the science fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and the family film "Lassie Come Home."
-
D.
Fred Luddy
Fred Luddy is an American entrepreneur and software executive best known as the founder of the cloud-based enterprise software company ServiceNow.
-
E.
Gerald R. Molen
Gerald R. Molen is an American film producer best known for his collaborations with Steven Spielberg on major films such as "Schindler’s List" and "Jurassic Park."
- 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_69aed931f5908190be2c07af66d4df25 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aeea601d408190b09dc486e77488d4 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bfc9d292808190bb0213c52393b153 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 10:52 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bfca7d89e08190a0505b7b786adba6 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 10:54 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bfcad35758819093b5928b08f19899 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 10:56 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:17 p.m.