Triple

T5590858
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Charlotte's Web (1973 film) E146872 entity
Predicate director P255 FINISHED
Object Charles A. Nichols
Charles A. Nichols was an American animator and film director best known for his work at Disney and for directing the animated adaptation of "Charlotte's Web."
E678270 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: Charles A. Nichols | Statement: [Charlotte's Web (1973 film), director, Charles A. Nichols]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles A. Nichols
Context triple: [Charlotte's Web (1973 film), director, Charles A. Nichols]
  • A. John D. Nichols
    John D. Nichols is a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to the arts and culture sector led to major landmarks being named in his honor.
  • B. Charles R. Fenwick
    Charles R. Fenwick was a Virginia lawyer and long-serving state legislator known for his influence on transportation policy, for whom the Charles R. Fenwick Bridge is named.
  • C. Charles D. Norton
    Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
  • D. William E. Nickerson
    William E. Nickerson was a prominent benefactor and businessman associated with Boston University, for whom the university’s Nickerson Field stadium is named.
  • E. Frank H. Wheeler
    Frank H. Wheeler was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who co-founded and helped finance the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  • 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: Charles A. Nichols
Triple: [Charlotte's Web (1973 film), director, Charles A. Nichols]
Generated description
Charles A. Nichols was an American animator and film director best known for his work at Disney and for directing the animated adaptation of "Charlotte's Web."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles A. Nichols
Target entity description: Charles A. Nichols was an American animator and film director best known for his work at Disney and for directing the animated adaptation of "Charlotte's Web."
  • A. John D. Nichols
    John D. Nichols is a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to the arts and culture sector led to major landmarks being named in his honor.
  • B. Charles R. Fenwick
    Charles R. Fenwick was a Virginia lawyer and long-serving state legislator known for his influence on transportation policy, for whom the Charles R. Fenwick Bridge is named.
  • C. Charles D. Norton
    Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
  • D. William E. Nickerson
    William E. Nickerson was a prominent benefactor and businessman associated with Boston University, for whom the university’s Nickerson Field stadium is named.
  • E. Frank H. Wheeler
    Frank H. Wheeler was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who co-founded and helped finance the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  • 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_69c009036c408190981a8d690b679b67 completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c020a1d4cc8190a52264dfba6aa011 completed March 22, 2026, 5:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c870539eb08190936adcfbab395654 completed March 29, 2026, 12:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c87172c38881908ad11a9832bc2c63 completed March 29, 2026, 12:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c871f6cc5881909a0c65beaf713144 completed March 29, 2026, 12:27 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:38 p.m.