Triple
T5042889
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Blue and the Gray |
E113586
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Andrew V. McLaglen
Andrew V. McLaglen was a British-American film and television director best known for his work on Westerns and action films, including numerous collaborations with John Wayne and James Stewart.
|
E489014
|
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: Andrew V. McLaglen | Statement: [The Blue and the Gray, director, Andrew V. McLaglen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Andrew V. McLaglen Context triple: [The Blue and the Gray, director, Andrew V. McLaglen]
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A.
John D. Ryan
John D. Ryan was a United States Air Force general who served as Chief of Staff of the Air Force and played a key leadership role in American strategic air operations during the Cold War.
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B.
Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten was an American actor best known for his role as the father on the television series "Eight Is Enough" and for numerous character roles in film and TV comedies.
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C.
Lee Flaherty
Lee Flaherty is an American businessman and race organizer best known for creating and launching the Chicago Marathon in the 1970s.
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D.
William Flanagan
William Flanagan is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a bearer of the surname Flanagan.
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E.
Charles Farrell
Charles Farrell was an American film actor best known as a popular romantic leading man of the late silent and early sound era, frequently paired on screen with Janet Gaynor.
- 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: Andrew V. McLaglen Triple: [The Blue and the Gray, director, Andrew V. McLaglen]
Generated description
Andrew V. McLaglen was a British-American film and television director best known for his work on Westerns and action films, including numerous collaborations with John Wayne and James Stewart.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Andrew V. McLaglen Target entity description: Andrew V. McLaglen was a British-American film and television director best known for his work on Westerns and action films, including numerous collaborations with John Wayne and James Stewart.
-
A.
John D. Ryan
John D. Ryan was a United States Air Force general who served as Chief of Staff of the Air Force and played a key leadership role in American strategic air operations during the Cold War.
-
B.
Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten was an American actor best known for his role as the father on the television series "Eight Is Enough" and for numerous character roles in film and TV comedies.
-
C.
Lee Flaherty
Lee Flaherty is an American businessman and race organizer best known for creating and launching the Chicago Marathon in the 1970s.
-
D.
William Flanagan
William Flanagan is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a bearer of the surname Flanagan.
-
E.
Charles Farrell
Charles Farrell was an American film actor best known as a popular romantic leading man of the late silent and early sound era, frequently paired on screen with Janet Gaynor.
- 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_69bd44391fc48190a311ce9c826c209b |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd73df8f7481909a8b86c4ae69aab9 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be9c87455081908b759eed55730503 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 1:26 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be9fc4f8bc8190a21c828ea5cb9529 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 1:40 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bea026f1008190861990c7a330222e |
completed | March 21, 2026, 1:41 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:37 p.m.