Triple

T4355995
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alien (1979 film) E98149 entity
Predicate cinematographer P1953 FINISHED
Object Derek Vanlint
Derek Vanlint was a Canadian cinematographer best known for his atmospheric and visually striking work on Ridley Scott’s science-fiction horror film "Alien" (1979).
E433169 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: Derek Vanlint | Statement: [Alien (1979 film), cinematographer, Derek Vanlint]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Derek Vanlint
Context triple: [Alien (1979 film), cinematographer, Derek Vanlint]
  • A. Derek Martinus
    Derek Martinus was a British television director best known for his work on classic "Doctor Who" serials during the 1960s.
  • B. Derek Watkins
    Derek Watkins, better known as Fonzworth Bentley, is an American musician, producer, and entertainer recognized for his creative contributions to hip-hop and R&B projects.
  • C. Brian VanDeMark
    Brian VanDeMark is an American historian and author known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War, including coauthoring influential studies of that conflict.
  • D. Derek Austin
    Derek Austin is a British information scientist and librarian best known for his work in classification theory and contributions to the development of library and information retrieval systems.
  • E. Dan Jinks
    Dan Jinks is an American film and television producer best known for acclaimed movies such as "American Beauty" and "Big Fish."
  • 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: Derek Vanlint
Triple: [Alien (1979 film), cinematographer, Derek Vanlint]
Generated description
Derek Vanlint was a Canadian cinematographer best known for his atmospheric and visually striking work on Ridley Scott’s science-fiction horror film "Alien" (1979).
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Derek Vanlint
Target entity description: Derek Vanlint was a Canadian cinematographer best known for his atmospheric and visually striking work on Ridley Scott’s science-fiction horror film "Alien" (1979).
  • A. Derek Martinus
    Derek Martinus was a British television director best known for his work on classic "Doctor Who" serials during the 1960s.
  • B. Derek Watkins
    Derek Watkins, better known as Fonzworth Bentley, is an American musician, producer, and entertainer recognized for his creative contributions to hip-hop and R&B projects.
  • C. Brian VanDeMark
    Brian VanDeMark is an American historian and author known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War, including coauthoring influential studies of that conflict.
  • D. Derek Austin
    Derek Austin is a British information scientist and librarian best known for his work in classification theory and contributions to the development of library and information retrieval systems.
  • E. Dan Jinks
    Dan Jinks is an American film and television producer best known for acclaimed movies such as "American Beauty" and "Big Fish."
  • 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_69b5dbb662008190854da50df1147a7c completed March 14, 2026, 10:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5dc6a97208190b91d784285657bff completed March 14, 2026, 10:08 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5dce749708190b9daf2c192b32de3 completed March 14, 2026, 10:10 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:16 p.m.