Triple

T6891115
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Babes in Arms E159046 entity
Predicate director P255 FINISHED
Object Robert B. Sinclair
Robert B. Sinclair was an American film and theatre director active in Hollywood’s studio era, known for his work on several notable MGM productions.
 E688487 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: Robert B. Sinclair | Statement: [Babes in Arms, director, Robert B. Sinclair]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert B. Sinclair
Context triple: [Babes in Arms, director, Robert B. Sinclair]
  • A. Lee W. Sinclair
    Lee W. Sinclair was an American businessman and hotelier best known for transforming the West Baden Springs Hotel in Indiana into a luxurious, nationally renowned resort in the early 20th century.
  • B. Charles Sinclair
    Charles Sinclair is a fictional U.S. Air Force colonel and seasoned fighter pilot known as "Chappy" Sinclair in the *Iron Eagle* film series.
  • C. Norman Z. McLeod
    Norman Z. McLeod was an American film director best known for his work on classic Hollywood comedies in the 1930s and 1940s, including films with the Marx Brothers and W.C. Fields.
  • D. Wilfred J. McNeil
    Wilfred J. McNeil was an American government official who served in senior defense-related administrative roles, including leadership of the U.S. Munitions Board during the mid-20th century.
  • E. Angus G. Wynne
    Angus G. Wynne was an American real estate developer and entrepreneur best known for creating the Six Flags chain of amusement parks.
  • 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: Robert B. Sinclair
Triple: [Babes in Arms, director, Robert B. Sinclair]
Generated description
Robert B. Sinclair was an American film and theatre director active in Hollywood’s studio era, known for his work on several notable MGM productions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert B. Sinclair
Target entity description: Robert B. Sinclair was an American film and theatre director active in Hollywood’s studio era, known for his work on several notable MGM productions.
  • A. Lee W. Sinclair
    Lee W. Sinclair was an American businessman and hotelier best known for transforming the West Baden Springs Hotel in Indiana into a luxurious, nationally renowned resort in the early 20th century.
  • B. Charles Sinclair
    Charles Sinclair is a fictional U.S. Air Force colonel and seasoned fighter pilot known as "Chappy" Sinclair in the *Iron Eagle* film series.
  • C. Norman Z. McLeod
    Norman Z. McLeod was an American film director best known for his work on classic Hollywood comedies in the 1930s and 1940s, including films with the Marx Brothers and W.C. Fields.
  • D. Wilfred J. McNeil
    Wilfred J. McNeil was an American government official who served in senior defense-related administrative roles, including leadership of the U.S. Munitions Board during the mid-20th century.
  • E. Angus G. Wynne
    Angus G. Wynne was an American real estate developer and entrepreneur best known for creating the Six Flags chain of amusement parks.
  • 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_69c6883568c8819081db6407e892cccc completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d92ecbdc8190992f9c7f4f33f4c4 completed March 27, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c8de8efd648190b70b4299ecae32c7 completed March 29, 2026, 8:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8deee7b8881909d5012e08c758762 completed March 29, 2026, 8:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8dfa7eb9881909e595389bec8436e completed March 29, 2026, 8:15 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:24 p.m.