Triple

T5294166
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American Society of Cinematographers E119812 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object William V. Skall
William V. Skall was an American cinematographer known for his influential work in Hollywood and his role in shaping professional standards within the field.
E513002 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 V. Skall | Statement: [American Society of Cinematographers, foundedBy, William V. Skall]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William V. Skall
Context triple: [American Society of Cinematographers, foundedBy, William V. Skall]
  • A. Clarence F. Korstian
    Clarence F. Korstian was an American forester and educator known for his leadership in forest management and his role in developing forestry education and research in the United States.
  • B. John F. Hartwig
    John F. Hartwig is an American chemist renowned for pioneering work in organometallic chemistry and catalytic reactions, particularly in C–H activation and cross-coupling.
  • C. Joseph Flummerfelt
    Joseph Flummerfelt was an acclaimed American choral conductor and educator, best known for his long association with the Westminster Choir and major orchestras and festivals around the world.
  • D. John S. Detlie
    John S. Detlie was an American art director and architect, known for his work in Hollywood films of the 1940s and later for designing notable buildings and civic projects.
  • E. 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.
  • 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 V. Skall
Triple: [American Society of Cinematographers, foundedBy, William V. Skall]
Generated description
William V. Skall was an American cinematographer known for his influential work in Hollywood and his role in shaping professional standards within the field.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William V. Skall
Target entity description: William V. Skall was an American cinematographer known for his influential work in Hollywood and his role in shaping professional standards within the field.
  • A. Clarence F. Korstian
    Clarence F. Korstian was an American forester and educator known for his leadership in forest management and his role in developing forestry education and research in the United States.
  • B. John F. Hartwig
    John F. Hartwig is an American chemist renowned for pioneering work in organometallic chemistry and catalytic reactions, particularly in C–H activation and cross-coupling.
  • C. Joseph Flummerfelt
    Joseph Flummerfelt was an acclaimed American choral conductor and educator, best known for his long association with the Westminster Choir and major orchestras and festivals around the world.
  • D. John S. Detlie
    John S. Detlie was an American art director and architect, known for his work in Hollywood films of the 1940s and later for designing notable buildings and civic projects.
  • E. 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.
  • 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.