Triple
T7369996
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Melvyn Douglas |
E169971
|
entity |
| Predicate | parent |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Edouard Gregory Hesselberg
Edouard Gregory Hesselberg was a Russian-born American concert pianist and composer, best known as the father of actor Melvyn Douglas.
|
E740281
|
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: Edouard Gregory Hesselberg | Statement: [Melvyn Douglas, parent, Edouard Gregory Hesselberg]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edouard Gregory Hesselberg Context triple: [Melvyn Douglas, parent, Edouard Gregory Hesselberg]
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A.
Louis Jean Heydt
Louis Jean Heydt was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
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B.
Alfred H. Piquenard
Alfred H. Piquenard was a 19th-century French-born American architect known for designing prominent public buildings in the Midwest, including major state capitols.
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C.
Pierre Messmer
Pierre Messmer was a French Gaullist politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of France in the early 1970s and held several key ministerial posts during the Fifth Republic.
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D.
Marcel F. Loyau
Marcel F. Loyau was a French sculptor best known for creating the ornamental bronze sculptures that adorn Chicago’s iconic Buckingham Fountain.
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E.
Henri Martin
Henri Martin was a French Post-Impressionist painter renowned for his luminous pointillist landscapes and large-scale decorative murals.
- 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: Edouard Gregory Hesselberg Triple: [Melvyn Douglas, parent, Edouard Gregory Hesselberg]
Generated description
Edouard Gregory Hesselberg was a Russian-born American concert pianist and composer, best known as the father of actor Melvyn Douglas.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edouard Gregory Hesselberg Target entity description: Edouard Gregory Hesselberg was a Russian-born American concert pianist and composer, best known as the father of actor Melvyn Douglas.
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A.
Louis Jean Heydt
Louis Jean Heydt was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
-
B.
Alfred H. Piquenard
Alfred H. Piquenard was a 19th-century French-born American architect known for designing prominent public buildings in the Midwest, including major state capitols.
-
C.
Pierre Messmer
Pierre Messmer was a French Gaullist politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of France in the early 1970s and held several key ministerial posts during the Fifth Republic.
-
D.
Marcel F. Loyau
Marcel F. Loyau was a French sculptor best known for creating the ornamental bronze sculptures that adorn Chicago’s iconic Buckingham Fountain.
-
E.
Henri Martin
Henri Martin was a French Post-Impressionist painter renowned for his luminous pointillist landscapes and large-scale decorative murals.
- 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_69c68a5ade988190885b7175f63b7534 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f1810668819094aec4b237d08068 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce6c7d795081909fc85cc99e11c971 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ce6e66c5e48190badcc5e075892006 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:25 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ce6f0cc434819089e78d24dfee5361 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:28 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:07 p.m.