Triple
T728144
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Willis H. O’Brien |
E14772
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
First National Pictures
First National Pictures was a major American motion picture production and distribution company active during the silent and early sound film eras.
|
E119179
|
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: First National Pictures | Statement: [Willis H. O’Brien, employer, First National Pictures]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: First National Pictures Context triple: [Willis H. O’Brien, employer, First National Pictures]
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A.
RKO Radio Pictures
RKO Radio Pictures was a major Hollywood film studio of the 1930s and 1940s, known for producing classic movies including landmark monster, musical, and film noir films.
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B.
Mutual Film Corporation
Mutual Film Corporation was an early 20th-century American film production and distribution company known for producing silent films during the formative years of Hollywood.
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C.
Republic Pictures
Republic Pictures was an American film production and distribution company best known for its low-budget B-movies, serials, and Westerns during Hollywood’s studio era.
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D.
Goldwyn Pictures
Goldwyn Pictures was an early 20th-century American film production company that became one of the key predecessors to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).
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E.
Famous Players Film Company
Famous Players Film Company was an early 20th-century American motion picture production company, co-founded by Adolph Zukor, that played a key role in the rise of feature-length films and later became part of Paramount Pictures.
- 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: First National Pictures Triple: [Willis H. O’Brien, employer, First National Pictures]
Generated description
First National Pictures was a major American motion picture production and distribution company active during the silent and early sound film eras.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: First National Pictures Target entity description: First National Pictures was a major American motion picture production and distribution company active during the silent and early sound film eras.
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A.
RKO Radio Pictures
RKO Radio Pictures was a major Hollywood film studio of the 1930s and 1940s, known for producing classic movies including landmark monster, musical, and film noir films.
-
B.
Mutual Film Corporation
Mutual Film Corporation was an early 20th-century American film production and distribution company known for producing silent films during the formative years of Hollywood.
-
C.
Republic Pictures
Republic Pictures was an American film production and distribution company best known for its low-budget B-movies, serials, and Westerns during Hollywood’s studio era.
-
D.
Goldwyn Pictures
Goldwyn Pictures was an early 20th-century American film production company that became one of the key predecessors to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).
-
E.
Famous Players Film Company
Famous Players Film Company was an early 20th-century American motion picture production company, co-founded by Adolph Zukor, that played a key role in the rise of feature-length films and later became part of Paramount Pictures.
- 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_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_69ac3b9557cc8190be3137aabdd36216 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 2:52 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac3c21404c8190bf12bb730a1acc54 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 2:54 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac3ccb05f0819080aa215cc1fb2430 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 2:57 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.