Triple
T4355952
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Joseph M. Schenck |
E98148
|
entity |
| Predicate | sibling |
P363
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Nicholas Schenck
Nicholas Schenck was a prominent early 20th-century American film studio executive and theater owner who played a key role in the development of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and the Hollywood studio system.
|
E451439
|
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: Nicholas Schenck | Statement: [Joseph M. Schenck, sibling, Nicholas Schenck]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicholas Schenck Context triple: [Joseph M. Schenck, sibling, Nicholas Schenck]
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A.
Victor Grinich
Victor Grinich was an American electrical engineer and entrepreneur best known as one of the Traitorous Eight who co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor, helping launch Silicon Valley’s semiconductor industry.
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B.
Sidney Wagner
Sidney Wagner was an American cinematographer known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including the 1946 adaptation of "The Yearling."
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C.
Andrew Heiskell
Andrew Heiskell was an American publishing executive and philanthropist best known as a longtime leader of Time Inc. and a prominent figure in New York’s cultural and civic life.
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D.
Edward Zorinsky
Edward Zorinsky was a U.S. Senator from Nebraska and former mayor of Omaha known for his moderate Democratic politics and service in the late 20th century.
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E.
George Weil
George Weil was a physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and is noted for being the operator who withdrew the control rod to initiate the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in Chicago Pile-1.
- 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: Nicholas Schenck Triple: [Joseph M. Schenck, sibling, Nicholas Schenck]
Generated description
Nicholas Schenck was a prominent early 20th-century American film studio executive and theater owner who played a key role in the development of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and the Hollywood studio system.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicholas Schenck Target entity description: Nicholas Schenck was a prominent early 20th-century American film studio executive and theater owner who played a key role in the development of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and the Hollywood studio system.
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A.
Victor Grinich
Victor Grinich was an American electrical engineer and entrepreneur best known as one of the Traitorous Eight who co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor, helping launch Silicon Valley’s semiconductor industry.
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B.
Laurence Feininger
Laurence Feininger was a musicologist and Roman Catholic priest known for his scholarly work on early sacred music and as the son of German-American painter Lyonel Feininger.
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C.
Sidney Wagner
Sidney Wagner was an American cinematographer known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including the 1946 adaptation of "The Yearling."
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D.
Andrew Heiskell
Andrew Heiskell was an American publishing executive and philanthropist best known as a longtime leader of Time Inc. and a prominent figure in New York’s cultural and civic life.
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E.
Edward Zorinsky
Edward Zorinsky was a U.S. Senator from Nebraska and former mayor of Omaha known for his moderate Democratic politics and service in the late 20th century.
- 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_69b3454965f881908c41190bb22f0e4b |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b351c5773481908446d84897e7a533 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bdb8f4eab88190b123aca20feb8d63 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 9:15 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bdbe52d6448190abe2d55dd1af8939 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bdbec3b3e48190921cd07602e4be8c |
completed | March 20, 2026, 9:40 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:16 p.m.