Triple

T5294154
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American Society of Cinematographers E119812 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object William Daniels
William Daniels was an American cinematographer and influential industry figure who helped shape the profession’s standards and advocacy through his role in founding the American Society of Cinematographers.
E513001 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: William Daniels | Statement: [American Society of Cinematographers, foundedBy, William Daniels]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Daniels
Context triple: [American Society of Cinematographers, foundedBy, William Daniels]
  • A. William Daniels
    William Daniels is an American actor known for his roles in films like "The Graduate," the TV series "St. Elsewhere," and as the voice of KITT in "Knight Rider."
  • B. James Whitmore
    James Whitmore was an American character actor known for his distinctive gravelly voice and acclaimed performances in film, television, and theater, including a memorable role in *The Shawshank Redemption*.
  • C. Charles Durning
    Charles Durning was an American character actor known for his prolific film and television career, including acclaimed roles in works like "Dog Day Afternoon," "Tootsie," and "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."
  • D. Robert Joy
    Robert Joy is a Canadian actor best known for his character roles in film and television, including his work on the crime drama series CSI: NY.
  • E. Lloyd Richards
    Lloyd Richards was a prominent Canadian-American theatre director and educator best known for championing African-American playwrights, including directing the original Broadway production of August Wilson’s "Fences."
  • 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: William Daniels
Triple: [American Society of Cinematographers, foundedBy, William Daniels]
Generated description
William Daniels was an American cinematographer and influential industry figure who helped shape the profession’s standards and advocacy through his role in founding the American Society of Cinematographers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Daniels
Target entity description: William Daniels was an American cinematographer and influential industry figure who helped shape the profession’s standards and advocacy through his role in founding the American Society of Cinematographers.
  • A. William Daniels
    William Daniels is an American actor known for his roles in films like "The Graduate," the TV series "St. Elsewhere," and as the voice of KITT in "Knight Rider."
  • B. James Whitmore
    James Whitmore was an American character actor known for his distinctive gravelly voice and acclaimed performances in film, television, and theater, including a memorable role in *The Shawshank Redemption*.
  • C. Charles Durning
    Charles Durning was an American character actor known for his prolific film and television career, including acclaimed roles in works like "Dog Day Afternoon," "Tootsie," and "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."
  • D. Robert Joy
    Robert Joy is a Canadian actor best known for his character roles in film and television, including his work on the crime drama series CSI: NY.
  • E. Lloyd Richards
    Lloyd Richards was a prominent Canadian-American theatre director and educator best known for championing African-American playwrights, including directing the original Broadway production of August Wilson’s "Fences."
  • 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_69bd446f22b88190b6a47fb91c68a3e7 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd84f034f081908027a43120b6e122 completed March 20, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf21b22be08190ad5d3d6b12b80bcb completed March 21, 2026, 10:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf221994c48190ab6f9bd827046660 completed March 21, 2026, 10:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf227942c0819099df4b45bed37dbd completed March 21, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:52 p.m.