Triple

T7850032
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Marion Post Wolcott E182021 entity
Predicate studiedUnder P7251 FINISHED
Object Ralph Steiner
Ralph Steiner was an influential American photographer and filmmaker known for his pioneering work in avant-garde cinema and modernist photography in the early 20th century.
 E699947 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: Ralph Steiner | Statement: [Marion Post Wolcott, studiedUnder, Ralph Steiner]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ralph Steiner
Context triple: [Marion Post Wolcott, studiedUnder, Ralph Steiner]
  • A. Pare Lorentz
    Pare Lorentz was an American filmmaker and critic best known for his New Deal–era documentary films that combined strong social commentary with innovative cinematic techniques.
  • B. Leslie Kroitor
    Leslie Kroitor is a child of Canadian filmmaker and IMAX co-founder Roman Kroitor.
  • C. Clarence Kolster
    Clarence Kolster was an American film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood films in the early 20th century.
  • D. Stephen Kroitor
    Stephen Kroitor is a Canadian individual best known as the son of pioneering filmmaker and IMAX co-founder Roman Kroitor.
  • E. Arthur Freed
    Arthur Freed was an influential American film producer and lyricist best known for shaping the golden age of MGM musicals, including classics like "Singin’ in the Rain."
  • 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: Ralph Steiner
Triple: [Marion Post Wolcott, studiedUnder, Ralph Steiner]
Generated description
Ralph Steiner was an influential American photographer and filmmaker known for his pioneering work in avant-garde cinema and modernist photography in the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ralph Steiner
Target entity description: Ralph Steiner was an influential American photographer and filmmaker known for his pioneering work in avant-garde cinema and modernist photography in the early 20th century.
  • A. Pare Lorentz
    Pare Lorentz was an American filmmaker and critic best known for his New Deal–era documentary films that combined strong social commentary with innovative cinematic techniques.
  • B. Leslie Kroitor
    Leslie Kroitor is a child of Canadian filmmaker and IMAX co-founder Roman Kroitor.
  • C. Clarence Kolster
    Clarence Kolster was an American film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood films in the early 20th century.
  • D. Stephen Kroitor
    Stephen Kroitor is a Canadian individual best known as the son of pioneering filmmaker and IMAX co-founder Roman Kroitor.
  • E. Arthur Freed
    Arthur Freed was an influential American film producer and lyricist best known for shaping the golden age of MGM musicals, including classics like "Singin’ in the Rain."
  • 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_69ca82869ee08190b8f9040dbc2c0467 completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb18e989ac819090e459b77d8932d3 completed March 31, 2026, 12:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cb5b0515c08190b866a39749d54849 completed March 31, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cb762eab0881909c5035b3086dfdd9 completed March 31, 2026, 7:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cbb801cc0c8190864d28e199eb5e67 completed March 31, 2026, 12:03 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:50 p.m.