Triple
T728128
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Willis H. O’Brien |
E14772
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Willis Harold O’Brien |
E14772
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Willis Harold O’Brien | Statement: [Willis H. O’Brien, birthName, Willis Harold O’Brien]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Willis Harold O’Brien Context triple: [Willis H. O’Brien, birthName, Willis Harold O’Brien]
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A.
Willis H. O’Brien
chosen
Willis H. O’Brien was a pioneering stop-motion animator and special effects artist best known for revolutionizing visual effects in early monster and adventure films.
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B.
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Ernest B. Schoedsack was an American film director and cinematographer best known for co-directing the classic adventure-horror film "King Kong" (1933).
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C.
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."
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D.
Dennis Muren
Dennis Muren is a pioneering visual effects artist and supervisor, best known for his groundbreaking work on films like Star Wars, E.T., and Jurassic Park, and for holding a record number of Oscars in visual effects.
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E.
Richard DeMille
Richard DeMille was an American writer and psychologist known for his critical examinations of Carlos Castaneda’s work and for being the adopted son of famed film director Cecil B. DeMille.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a4934c753c81909b309027e48b9b3a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a5c011948190b2cfccd8fe722742 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a66d936bbc81908708ee5d0fc82100 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 5:11 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.