Triple

T4030431
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gordon E. Sawyer Award E83695 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Gordon E. Sawyer
Gordon E. Sawyer was an influential American sound engineer in the film industry, renowned for his technical achievements and long career at Samuel Goldwyn Studios.
E952925 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: Gordon E. Sawyer | Statement: [Gordon E. Sawyer Award, namedAfter, Gordon E. Sawyer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gordon E. Sawyer
Context triple: [Gordon E. Sawyer Award, namedAfter, Gordon E. Sawyer]
  • A. Gordon H. Porter
    Gordon H. Porter was a key figure in California water policy and infrastructure development, commemorated through the naming of the Burns-Porter Act.
  • B. William A. Sawyer
    William A. Sawyer is a film editor best known for his work on the cult classic dark comedy "Harold and Maude."
  • C. Raymond S. McLain
    Raymond S. McLain was a U.S. Army major general and highly regarded National Guard officer who distinguished himself as a corps and division commander in the European Theater during World War II.
  • 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. Allen M. Davey
    Allen M. Davey was an American cinematographer known for his work on early Technicolor films in Hollywood.
  • 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: Gordon E. Sawyer
Triple: [Gordon E. Sawyer Award, namedAfter, Gordon E. Sawyer]
Generated description
Gordon E. Sawyer was an influential American sound engineer in the film industry, renowned for his technical achievements and long career at Samuel Goldwyn Studios.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gordon E. Sawyer
Target entity description: Gordon E. Sawyer was an influential American sound engineer in the film industry, renowned for his technical achievements and long career at Samuel Goldwyn Studios.
  • A. Gordon H. Porter
    Gordon H. Porter was a key figure in California water policy and infrastructure development, commemorated through the naming of the Burns-Porter Act.
  • B. William A. Sawyer
    William A. Sawyer is a film editor best known for his work on the cult classic dark comedy "Harold and Maude."
  • C. Raymond S. McLain
    Raymond S. McLain was a U.S. Army major general and highly regarded National Guard officer who distinguished himself as a corps and division commander in the European Theater during World War II.
  • 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. Allen M. Davey
    Allen M. Davey was an American cinematographer known for his work on early Technicolor films in Hollywood.
  • 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_69aed92e29ac819080f7a98b594fec05 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefaf1d8208190951a20ad7e5ab7bc completed March 9, 2026, 4:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f416ab88e48190b3089caab7987191 completed May 1, 2026, 2:57 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f41f16f43c81909f5d36e8b4b0b9c3 completed May 1, 2026, 3:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f4225a4b5c8190958aaddbd10035b1 completed May 1, 2026, 3:47 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:36 p.m.