Triple
T4446745
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Niagara |
E96306
|
entity |
| Predicate | cinematographyBy |
P1953
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Joseph MacDonald |
E319655
|
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: Joseph MacDonald | Statement: [Niagara, cinematographyBy, Joseph MacDonald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph MacDonald Context triple: [Niagara, cinematographyBy, Joseph MacDonald]
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A.
Joseph MacDonald
chosen
Joseph MacDonald was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films, particularly in the 1940s and 1950s.
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B.
Robert Fairthorne
Robert Fairthorne was a British information scientist and mathematician known for his influential work in documentation, information retrieval theory, and the early development of information science as a discipline.
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C.
Philip MacDonald
Philip MacDonald was a British-born novelist and screenwriter best known for his crime and mystery fiction and his contributions to classic Hollywood films.
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D.
Charles MacDonald
Charles MacDonald was a distinguished American World War II fighter ace and U.S. Army Air Forces officer known for his combat achievements in the Pacific Theater.
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E.
Walter Connolly
Walter Connolly was an American character actor of the 1930s known for his comic and often blustery supporting roles in Hollywood films.
- 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_69b345415ba481908df738e7174448ba |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b355d31e10819086590b9f828d50b0 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:09 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b61386df48819080e44a23b9d67d23 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 2:03 a.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:32 p.m.