Triple

T5286704
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject They Live by Night E119635 entity
Predicate cinematographyBy P1953 FINISHED
Object George E. Diskant
George E. Diskant was an American cinematographer known for his atmospheric black-and-white photography on classic film noir and crime dramas of the 1940s and 1950s.
E952095 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: George E. Diskant | Statement: [They Live by Night, cinematographyBy, George E. Diskant]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George E. Diskant
Context triple: [They Live by Night, cinematographyBy, George E. Diskant]
  • A. George B. Schubauer
    George B. Schubauer was an American engineer and experimental physicist known for his influential work in fluid mechanics and turbulence research.
  • B. Harry E. Edington
    Harry E. Edington was a Hollywood film producer active during the classic studio era, known for his work on notable dramas such as "Kitty Foyle."
  • C. Samuel J. Gorlitz
    Samuel J. Gorlitz is an American real estate entrepreneur best known as the founder of Federal Realty Investment Trust, a major publicly traded real estate investment trust specializing in retail and mixed-use properties.
  • D. George H. Denny
    George H. Denny was a prominent president of the University of Alabama whose leadership and contributions to the institution led to the university’s football stadium being partly named in his honor.
  • E. Lewis J. Stadlen
    Lewis J. Stadlen is an American character actor known for his extensive work on Broadway and in film and television, often in comedic or sharply drawn supporting roles.
  • 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: George E. Diskant
Triple: [They Live by Night, cinematographyBy, George E. Diskant]
Generated description
George E. Diskant was an American cinematographer known for his atmospheric black-and-white photography on classic film noir and crime dramas of the 1940s and 1950s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George E. Diskant
Target entity description: George E. Diskant was an American cinematographer known for his atmospheric black-and-white photography on classic film noir and crime dramas of the 1940s and 1950s.
  • A. George B. Schubauer
    George B. Schubauer was an American engineer and experimental physicist known for his influential work in fluid mechanics and turbulence research.
  • B. Harry E. Edington
    Harry E. Edington was a Hollywood film producer active during the classic studio era, known for his work on notable dramas such as "Kitty Foyle."
  • C. Samuel J. Gorlitz
    Samuel J. Gorlitz is an American real estate entrepreneur best known as the founder of Federal Realty Investment Trust, a major publicly traded real estate investment trust specializing in retail and mixed-use properties.
  • D. George H. Denny
    George H. Denny was a prominent president of the University of Alabama whose leadership and contributions to the institution led to the university’s football stadium being partly named in his honor.
  • E. Lewis J. Stadlen
    Lewis J. Stadlen is an American character actor known for his extensive work on Broadway and in film and television, often in comedic or sharply drawn supporting roles.
  • 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_69bd446de5648190b313a90bd96730d2 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd84d9a0788190a4a85a9cab07903f completed March 20, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f2802d74f081909c7af34bf266ae01 completed April 29, 2026, 10:03 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f28b7db84c8190b4c2b22a7465cf97 completed April 29, 2026, 10:51 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f2a0e8861c8190a9ac8e0f488f4a95 completed April 30, 2026, 12:23 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:52 p.m.