Triple

T5286705
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject They Live by Night E119635 entity
Predicate editedBy P1954 FINISHED
Object Sherman Todd
Sherman Todd was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood movies, including the noir drama "They Live by Night."
E509482 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: Sherman Todd | Statement: [They Live by Night, editedBy, Sherman Todd]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sherman Todd
Context triple: [They Live by Night, editedBy, Sherman Todd]
  • A. Sherman Adams
    Sherman Adams was an American politician and close aide to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, best known for his influential role in the Eisenhower administration and his resignation amid a gifts scandal.
  • B. Sherman Douglas
    Sherman Douglas is a former American point guard best known for his standout college career at Syracuse University and subsequent decade-long tenure in the NBA.
  • C. Paul Satterfield
    Paul Satterfield is a film professional known for his work as a sequence director on classic animated features such as Disney’s 1942 film "Bambi."
  • D. Austin Sherman
    Austin Sherman is known as one of the children of American actress Sela Ward.
  • E. Ron Toomer
    Ron Toomer was a pioneering American roller coaster designer known for creating numerous influential steel coasters and shaping modern amusement ride engineering.
  • 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: Sherman Todd
Triple: [They Live by Night, editedBy, Sherman Todd]
Generated description
Sherman Todd was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood movies, including the noir drama "They Live by Night."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sherman Todd
Target entity description: Sherman Todd was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood movies, including the noir drama "They Live by Night."
  • A. Sherman Adams
    Sherman Adams was an American politician and close aide to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, best known for his influential role in the Eisenhower administration and his resignation amid a gifts scandal.
  • B. Sherman Douglas
    Sherman Douglas is a former American point guard best known for his standout college career at Syracuse University and subsequent decade-long tenure in the NBA.
  • C. Paul Satterfield
    Paul Satterfield is a film professional known for his work as a sequence director on classic animated features such as Disney’s 1942 film "Bambi."
  • D. Austin Sherman
    Austin Sherman is known as one of the children of American actress Sela Ward.
  • E. Ron Toomer
    Ron Toomer was a pioneering American roller coaster designer known for creating numerous influential steel coasters and shaping modern amusement ride engineering.
  • 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_69bf10dc64f4819091fcbc39c0e3034b completed March 21, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf11949c8c8190ad3643d1accdf8a4 completed March 21, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf11f901e08190b1d708ed88ea7865 completed March 21, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:52 p.m.