Triple

T7951723
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Life-Size E184629 entity
Predicate cinematographyBy P1953 FINISHED
Object Robert McLachlan
Robert McLachlan is a Canadian cinematographer known for his work on films and television series, including projects like "Life-Size."
E717714 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: Robert McLachlan | Statement: [Life-Size, cinematographyBy, Robert McLachlan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert McLachlan
Context triple: [Life-Size, cinematographyBy, Robert McLachlan]
  • A. Norman MacLeod
    Norman MacLeod is a Scottish name borne by several notable figures, including clergymen, writers, and clan leaders prominent in 19th-century Scotland.
  • B. Lawrie McNeilly
    Lawrie McNeilly is a person after whom Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson, the son of former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, was partly named.
  • C. Ian McDougall
    Ian McDougall is an Australian architect best known as a founding director of the influential firm Ashton Raggatt McDougall (ARM), recognized for its bold and unconventional public architecture.
  • D. David MacLean
    David MacLean is the young boy protagonist of the 1953 science fiction film "Invaders from Mars," whose perspective drives the story of an alien invasion in his small town.
  • E. Charles MacDonald
    Charles MacDonald was a distinguished American World War II fighter ace and U.S. Army Air Forces officer known for his combat achievements in the Pacific Theater.
  • 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: Robert McLachlan
Triple: [Life-Size, cinematographyBy, Robert McLachlan]
Generated description
Robert McLachlan is a Canadian cinematographer known for his work on films and television series, including projects like "Life-Size."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert McLachlan
Target entity description: Robert McLachlan is a Canadian cinematographer known for his work on films and television series, including projects like "Life-Size."
  • A. Norman MacLeod
    Norman MacLeod is a Scottish name borne by several notable figures, including clergymen, writers, and clan leaders prominent in 19th-century Scotland.
  • B. Lawrie McNeilly
    Lawrie McNeilly is a person after whom Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson, the son of former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, was partly named.
  • C. Ian McDougall
    Ian McDougall is an Australian architect best known as a founding director of the influential firm Ashton Raggatt McDougall (ARM), recognized for its bold and unconventional public architecture.
  • D. David MacLean
    David MacLean is the young boy protagonist of the 1953 science fiction film "Invaders from Mars," whose perspective drives the story of an alien invasion in his small town.
  • E. Charles MacDonald
    Charles MacDonald was a distinguished American World War II fighter ace and U.S. Army Air Forces officer known for his combat achievements in the Pacific Theater.
  • 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_69ca8292cba881908a64427b938dac47 completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb3b5c95908190b6ee900d2b324574 completed March 31, 2026, 3:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ccec8cfa80819082bc79645f33e18f completed April 1, 2026, 9:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ccf0982f4481908e2a59424fdf470f completed April 1, 2026, 10:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cd051913708190a83f925cf0cbbaa1 completed April 1, 2026, 11:44 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:10 p.m.