Triple

T4584482
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Direct Cinema E101934 entity
Predicate notablePractitioner P26156 FINISHED
Object Albert Maysles
Albert Maysles was an influential American documentary filmmaker renowned for his pioneering work in the Direct Cinema movement, co-directing landmark films such as "Salesman," "Gimme Shelter," and "Grey Gardens."
 E454630 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: Albert Maysles | Statement: [Direct Cinema, notablePractitioner, Albert Maysles]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Albert Maysles
Context triple: [Direct Cinema, notablePractitioner, Albert Maysles]
  • A. D. A. Pennebaker
    D. A. Pennebaker was a pioneering American documentary filmmaker known for his influential cinéma vérité style in music and political documentaries.
  • B. Haskell Wexler
    Haskell Wexler was an acclaimed American cinematographer and filmmaker known for his innovative visual style and influential work on both narrative features and political documentaries.
  • C. Boris Kaufman
    Boris Kaufman was an Academy Award–winning cinematographer known for his influential work on classic films such as "On the Waterfront."
  • D. Errol Morris
    Errol Morris is an American documentary filmmaker renowned for his innovative interview techniques and acclaimed films such as "The Thin Blue Line" and "The Fog of War."
  • E. Chris Marker
    Chris Marker was a pioneering French filmmaker and essayist best known for his innovative, politically engaged documentaries and influential film-essay style, including works like "La Jetée" and "Sans Soleil."
  • 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: Albert Maysles
Triple: [Direct Cinema, notablePractitioner, Albert Maysles]
Generated description
Albert Maysles was an influential American documentary filmmaker renowned for his pioneering work in the Direct Cinema movement, co-directing landmark films such as "Salesman," "Gimme Shelter," and "Grey Gardens."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Albert Maysles
Target entity description: Albert Maysles was an influential American documentary filmmaker renowned for his pioneering work in the Direct Cinema movement, co-directing landmark films such as "Salesman," "Gimme Shelter," and "Grey Gardens."
  • A. D. A. Pennebaker
    D. A. Pennebaker was a pioneering American documentary filmmaker known for his influential cinéma vérité style in music and political documentaries.
  • B. Haskell Wexler
    Haskell Wexler was an acclaimed American cinematographer and filmmaker known for his innovative visual style and influential work on both narrative features and political documentaries.
  • C. Boris Kaufman
    Boris Kaufman was an Academy Award–winning cinematographer known for his influential work on classic films such as "On the Waterfront."
  • D. Errol Morris
    Errol Morris is an American documentary filmmaker renowned for his innovative interview techniques and acclaimed films such as "The Thin Blue Line" and "The Fog of War."
  • E. Chris Marker
    Chris Marker was a pioneering French filmmaker and essayist best known for his innovative, politically engaged documentaries and influential film-essay style, including works like "La Jetée" and "Sans Soleil."
  • 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_69bd43d4ce208190b53158c882b222e3 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd590411dc81909c55d1c42a4d44ef completed March 20, 2026, 2:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bde0a18c90819083953e78fc6de8db completed March 21, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bde2520f248190b746a322a3ec60bc completed March 21, 2026, 12:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bde2aaf654819093e1cb3a533fead1 completed March 21, 2026, 12:13 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:10 p.m.