Triple

T691502
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American Graffiti E13801 entity
Predicate cinematography P1953 FINISHED
Object Haskell Wexler
Haskell Wexler was an acclaimed American cinematographer and filmmaker known for his innovative visual style and influential work on both narrative features and political documentaries.
 E84342 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: Haskell Wexler | Statement: [American Graffiti, cinematography, Haskell Wexler]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Haskell Wexler
Context triple: [American Graffiti, cinematography, Haskell Wexler]
  • A. Robert A. Altman
    Robert A. Altman was an American lawyer and businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of video game publisher ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks.
  • B. Gordon Parks
    Gordon Parks was a pioneering African American photographer, filmmaker, and writer renowned for his powerful documentation of social justice issues and everyday Black life in the United States.
  • C. Tom Benedek
    Tom Benedek is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the science fiction film "Cocoon."
  • D. Robert Altman
    Robert Altman was an influential American filmmaker known for his innovative ensemble casts, overlapping dialogue, and satirical, genre-defying films such as "M*A*S*H," "Nashville," and "Short Cuts."
  • E. Gregg Toland
    Gregg Toland was a pioneering American cinematographer renowned for his innovative deep-focus and lighting techniques, most famously showcased in Orson Welles's film "Citizen Kane."
  • 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: Haskell Wexler
Triple: [American Graffiti, cinematography, Haskell Wexler]
Generated description
Haskell Wexler was an acclaimed American cinematographer and filmmaker known for his innovative visual style and influential work on both narrative features and political documentaries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Haskell Wexler
Target entity description: Haskell Wexler was an acclaimed American cinematographer and filmmaker known for his innovative visual style and influential work on both narrative features and political documentaries.
  • A. Robert A. Altman
    Robert A. Altman was an American lawyer and businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of video game publisher ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks.
  • B. Gordon Parks
    Gordon Parks was a pioneering African American photographer, filmmaker, and writer renowned for his powerful documentation of social justice issues and everyday Black life in the United States.
  • C. Tom Benedek
    Tom Benedek is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the science fiction film "Cocoon."
  • D. Robert Altman
    Robert Altman was an influential American filmmaker known for his innovative ensemble casts, overlapping dialogue, and satirical, genre-defying films such as "M*A*S*H," "Nashville," and "Short Cuts."
  • E. Gregg Toland
    Gregg Toland was a pioneering American cinematographer renowned for his innovative deep-focus and lighting techniques, most famously showcased in Orson Welles's film "Citizen Kane."
  • 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_69a493406c408190957eeec9048a8fb6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a0aebde88190a49d421477713103 completed March 1, 2026, 8:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a5dca7871c81909ea5a4ccb5dcd47d completed March 2, 2026, 6:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a5e3cbf4208190a541f64e44ea5317 completed March 2, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a6093e95a88190bfba326310e8006f completed March 2, 2026, 10:03 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.