Triple

T5908423
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wally Pfister E131399 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Walter C. Pfister
Walter C. Pfister, better known as Wally Pfister, is an American cinematographer and film director renowned for his Oscar-winning work on Christopher Nolan's films such as "Inception."
E847798 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: Walter C. Pfister | Statement: [Wally Pfister, birthName, Walter C. Pfister]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter C. Pfister
Context triple: [Wally Pfister, birthName, Walter C. Pfister]
  • A. Arthur C. Wahl
    Arthur C. Wahl was an American chemist best known as one of the co-discoverers of the element plutonium and a key contributor to early nuclear chemistry research.
  • B. Donald F. Hornig
    Donald F. Hornig was an American chemist and science advisor who served as a key presidential science counselor, notably to President Lyndon B. Johnson.
  • C. Edward M. Kern
    Edward M. Kern was a 19th-century American topographer and explorer after whom California’s Kern County was named.
  • D. Walter L. Huber
    Walter L. Huber was a prominent American civil engineer and researcher recognized for his significant contributions to the field, commemorated by the ASCE’s Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize.
  • E. Philip M. Kaiser
    Philip M. Kaiser was an American diplomat and public servant who held several key ambassadorial posts during the Cold War era.
  • 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: Walter C. Pfister
Triple: [Wally Pfister, birthName, Walter C. Pfister]
Generated description
Walter C. Pfister, better known as Wally Pfister, is an American cinematographer and film director renowned for his Oscar-winning work on Christopher Nolan's films such as "Inception."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter C. Pfister
Target entity description: Walter C. Pfister, better known as Wally Pfister, is an American cinematographer and film director renowned for his Oscar-winning work on Christopher Nolan's films such as "Inception."
  • A. Arthur C. Wahl
    Arthur C. Wahl was an American chemist best known as one of the co-discoverers of the element plutonium and a key contributor to early nuclear chemistry research.
  • B. Donald F. Hornig
    Donald F. Hornig was an American chemist and science advisor who served as a key presidential science counselor, notably to President Lyndon B. Johnson.
  • C. Edward M. Kern
    Edward M. Kern was a 19th-century American topographer and explorer after whom California’s Kern County was named.
  • D. Walter L. Huber
    Walter L. Huber was a prominent American civil engineer and researcher recognized for his significant contributions to the field, commemorated by the ASCE’s Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize.
  • E. Philip M. Kaiser
    Philip M. Kaiser was an American diplomat and public servant who held several key ambassadorial posts during the Cold War era.
  • 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_69c008593a44819081a07ae0efe6c574 completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c03773f4188190a11276b2d5baad08 completed March 22, 2026, 6:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d32a1e1de88190a98ce4b6aea1a148 completed April 6, 2026, 3:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d32b4030d0819092f13e894dbaa2e7 completed April 6, 2026, 3:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d32b97b5a081908c6e1a6485e37816 completed April 6, 2026, 3:42 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:59 p.m.