Triple

T6134372
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject An American in Paris E136796 entity
Predicate cinematography P1953 FINISHED
Object John Alton
John Alton was a renowned American cinematographer celebrated for his innovative, high-contrast lighting and influential work in film noir and classic Hollywood cinema.
E573847 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: John Alton | Statement: [An American in Paris, cinematography, John Alton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Alton
Context triple: [An American in Paris, cinematography, John Alton]
  • A. Thomas Del Ruth
    Thomas Del Ruth is an American cinematographer known for his work on acclaimed films and television series, including the coming-of-age drama "Stand by Me."
  • B. Roy Del Ruth
    Roy Del Ruth was a prolific American film director and producer of the early to mid-20th century, known for his work on musicals, comedies, and crime films during Hollywood’s studio era.
  • C. Dick Van Patten
    Dick Van Patten was an American actor best known for his role as the father on the television series "Eight Is Enough" and for numerous character roles in film and TV comedies.
  • D. Clarence Kolster
    Clarence Kolster was an American film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood films in the early 20th century.
  • E. Andrew V. McLaglen
    Andrew V. McLaglen was a British-American film and television director best known for his work on Westerns and action films, including numerous collaborations with John Wayne and James Stewart.
  • 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: John Alton
Triple: [An American in Paris, cinematography, John Alton]
Generated description
John Alton was a renowned American cinematographer celebrated for his innovative, high-contrast lighting and influential work in film noir and classic Hollywood cinema.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Alton
Target entity description: John Alton was a renowned American cinematographer celebrated for his innovative, high-contrast lighting and influential work in film noir and classic Hollywood cinema.
  • A. Thomas Del Ruth
    Thomas Del Ruth is an American cinematographer known for his work on acclaimed films and television series, including the coming-of-age drama "Stand by Me."
  • B. Roy Del Ruth
    Roy Del Ruth was a prolific American film director and producer of the early to mid-20th century, known for his work on musicals, comedies, and crime films during Hollywood’s studio era.
  • C. Dick Van Patten
    Dick Van Patten was an American actor best known for his role as the father on the television series "Eight Is Enough" and for numerous character roles in film and TV comedies.
  • D. Clarence Kolster
    Clarence Kolster was an American film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood films in the early 20th century.
  • E. Andrew V. McLaglen
    Andrew V. McLaglen was a British-American film and television director best known for his work on Westerns and action films, including numerous collaborations with John Wayne and James Stewart.
  • 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_69c008a179388190a3b5a081bbf46d55 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c05c7f34d081909e589b201b22be21 completed March 22, 2026, 9:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c1416e8fa8819092bf830cbaa56647 completed March 23, 2026, 1:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c1435517148190a35a7e4881399c8a completed March 23, 2026, 1:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c143b76bc4819096c36024e72c8df2 completed March 23, 2026, 1:44 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:15 p.m.