Triple
T4434960
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Strangers on a Train |
E95626
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Alfred Hitchcock |
E16841
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Alfred Hitchcock | Statement: [Strangers on a Train, director, Alfred Hitchcock]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Hitchcock Context triple: [Strangers on a Train, director, Alfred Hitchcock]
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A.
Alfred Hitchcock
chosen
Alfred Hitchcock was a pioneering British film director and producer, famed as the "Master of Suspense" for his influential psychological thrillers and innovative cinematic techniques.
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B.
John Schlesinger
John Schlesinger was an acclaimed British film director known for works such as "Midnight Cowboy" and "Sunday Bloody Sunday."
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C.
William Cameron Menzies
William Cameron Menzies was a pioneering American film producer, director, and especially influential art director and production designer, renowned for shaping the visual style of early Hollywood cinema.
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D.
Michael Powell
Michael Powell is an American bookseller and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Powell’s City of Books, one of the world’s largest independent bookstores.
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E.
Michael Powell
Michael Powell was a pioneering British film director best known for his visually inventive and psychologically rich collaborations with Emeric Pressburger, such as "The Red Shoes" and "Black Narcissus."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69b3453ea2b48190a26f154b3b8fece5 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b35588e99881908fea7b71a33e2bb6 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:08 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b6137378dc8190900c8fda2693c4da |
completed | March 15, 2026, 2:03 a.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:31 p.m.