Triple

T6100887
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 11th Academy Awards E135990 entity
Predicate bestAssistantDirectorWinnerPerson P37211 FINISHED
Object Joseph M. Newman
Joseph M. Newman was an American film director and assistant director active in Hollywood’s studio era, known for his work on both major feature films and early science fiction cinema.
E676917 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Joseph M. Newman | Statement: [11th Academy Awards, bestAssistantDirectorWinnerPerson, Joseph M. Newman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph M. Newman
Context triple: [11th Academy Awards, bestAssistantDirectorWinnerPerson, Joseph M. Newman]
  • A. James H. Newman
    James H. Newman is a NASA astronaut and physicist who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and helped assemble the International Space Station.
  • B. William M. Conselman
    William M. Conselman was an American screenwriter and occasional director best known for his work on early 20th-century Hollywood films and for co-creating the comic strip "Ella Cinders."
  • C. Joel B. Michaels
    Joel B. Michaels is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood action and science fiction movies.
  • D. George A. Bermann
    George A. Bermann is a prominent American legal scholar and expert in international and comparative law, particularly known for his work in international arbitration.
  • E. Richard F. Natonski
    Richard F. Natonski is a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general known for his leadership of Marine forces during major operations in the Iraq War, including the First Battle of Fallujah.
  • 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: Joseph M. Newman
Triple: [11th Academy Awards, bestAssistantDirectorWinnerPerson, Joseph M. Newman]
Generated description
Joseph M. Newman was an American film director and assistant director active in Hollywood’s studio era, known for his work on both major feature films and early science fiction cinema.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph M. Newman
Target entity description: Joseph M. Newman was an American film director and assistant director active in Hollywood’s studio era, known for his work on both major feature films and early science fiction cinema.
  • A. James H. Newman
    James H. Newman is a NASA astronaut and physicist who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and helped assemble the International Space Station.
  • B. William M. Conselman
    William M. Conselman was an American screenwriter and occasional director best known for his work on early 20th-century Hollywood films and for co-creating the comic strip "Ella Cinders."
  • C. Joel B. Michaels
    Joel B. Michaels is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood action and science fiction movies.
  • D. George A. Bermann
    George A. Bermann is a prominent American legal scholar and expert in international and comparative law, particularly known for his work in international arbitration.
  • E. Richard F. Natonski
    Richard F. Natonski is a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general known for his leadership of Marine forces during major operations in the Iraq War, including the First Battle of Fallujah.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: bestAssistantDirectorWinnerPerson
Context triple: [11th Academy Awards, bestAssistantDirectorWinnerPerson, Joseph M. Newman]
  • A. bestAssistantDirectorWinner chosen
    Indicates that an entity has received the award for Best Assistant Director in a given context or event.
  • B. bestDirectorWinner
    Indicates that the subject is the winner of a "Best Director" award for the object (such as a specific film, event, or year).
  • C. winningFilmDirector
    Indicates that the subject is the director of a film that has won a specified award or competition.
  • D. bestDirectorFilm
    Indicates that a film is the work for which a director received a Best Director award.
  • E. bestActorWinner
    Indicates that the subject is the recipient of a "Best Actor" award for a particular performance or event.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69c0087dee9881909e3655be88208c01 completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c05b3aa9908190865be98ada141d37 completed March 22, 2026, 9:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c8681d57c08190b72d1b010db3a065 completed March 28, 2026, 11:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8690ef840819082ecaa16b5cf3f0c completed March 28, 2026, 11:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c86b70a51c819091590ff094e6e784 completed March 28, 2026, 11:59 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69c049f5ac988190b62ba565153aaa35 completed March 22, 2026, 7:58 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:13 p.m.