Triple
T3884270
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The 39 Steps |
E92900
|
entity |
| Predicate | cinematographer |
P1953
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Bernard Knowles
Bernard Knowles was a British cinematographer and film director best known for his work on several classic Alfred Hitchcock films and later for directing features and television in the mid-20th century.
|
E394445
|
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: Bernard Knowles | Statement: [The 39 Steps, cinematographer, Bernard Knowles]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernard Knowles Context triple: [The 39 Steps, cinematographer, Bernard Knowles]
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A.
Dudley Nichols
Dudley Nichols was an American screenwriter and director best known for his prolific work in Hollywood’s Golden Age, including his Academy Award-winning script for "The Informer."
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B.
George Scott
George Scott was a power-hitting first baseman and three-time All-Star known for his strong defense and key role with the Boston Red Sox in the late 1960s and 1970s.
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C.
Rupert Baxter
Rupert Baxter is a recurring character in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories, known as the hyper-efficient, suspicious former secretary whose attempts to impose order often lead to comic chaos.
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D.
Ross Harrison
Ross Harrison was a pioneering American biologist and anatomist best known for developing the first successful tissue culture techniques, which laid the groundwork for modern cell biology.
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E.
John Paddy Carstairs
John Paddy Carstairs was a British film director and screenwriter best known for his work on mid-20th-century comedies, including several films starring Norman Wisdom.
- 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: Bernard Knowles Triple: [The 39 Steps, cinematographer, Bernard Knowles]
Generated description
Bernard Knowles was a British cinematographer and film director best known for his work on several classic Alfred Hitchcock films and later for directing features and television in the mid-20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernard Knowles Target entity description: Bernard Knowles was a British cinematographer and film director best known for his work on several classic Alfred Hitchcock films and later for directing features and television in the mid-20th century.
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A.
Dudley Nichols
Dudley Nichols was an American screenwriter and director best known for his prolific work in Hollywood’s Golden Age, including his Academy Award-winning script for "The Informer."
-
B.
George Scott
George Scott was a power-hitting first baseman and three-time All-Star known for his strong defense and key role with the Boston Red Sox in the late 1960s and 1970s.
-
C.
Rupert Baxter
Rupert Baxter is a recurring character in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories, known as the hyper-efficient, suspicious former secretary whose attempts to impose order often lead to comic chaos.
-
D.
Ross Harrison
Ross Harrison was a pioneering American biologist and anatomist best known for developing the first successful tissue culture techniques, which laid the groundwork for modern cell biology.
-
E.
John Paddy Carstairs
John Paddy Carstairs was a British film director and screenwriter best known for his work on mid-20th-century comedies, including several films starring Norman Wisdom.
- 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_69aed9697de0819087c2559295ff3d12 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aeec9029908190a7b36a3827734db1 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5125bee048190ba7553797e9fd254 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 7:46 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b512e3721c8190accd26499191c153 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 7:48 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b513618b888190acda94dcc91d24d2 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 7:50 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:20 p.m.