Triple

T8384993
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Infernal Affairs E197793 entity
Predicate director P255 FINISHED
Object Andrew Lau
Andrew Lau is a Hong Kong filmmaker best known for co-directing the influential crime thriller "Infernal Affairs" and for his work on stylish action and triad films.
 E729995 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: Andrew Lau | Statement: [Infernal Affairs, director, Andrew Lau]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Andrew Lau
Context triple: [Infernal Affairs, director, Andrew Lau]
  • A. Andy Lau
    Andy Lau is a renowned Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer, widely regarded as one of the most successful and influential stars in the Chinese entertainment industry.
  • B. Ringo Lam
    Ringo Lam was a renowned Hong Kong film director best known for his gritty, realistic crime thrillers such as "City on Fire," which heavily influenced the modern action and crime genre.
  • C. John Lee Ka-chiu
    John Lee Ka-chiu is a Hong Kong politician and former security official who serves as the Chief Executive, the city's top leader.
  • D. Yu Lik-wai
    Yu Lik-wai is a Hong Kong cinematographer and film director best known for his long-time collaboration with Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke on critically acclaimed art-house films.
  • E. Lim Jock Hoi
    Lim Jock Hoi is a Bruneian diplomat who served as the 14th Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
  • 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: Andrew Lau
Triple: [Infernal Affairs, director, Andrew Lau]
Generated description
Andrew Lau is a Hong Kong filmmaker best known for co-directing the influential crime thriller "Infernal Affairs" and for his work on stylish action and triad films.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Andrew Lau
Target entity description: Andrew Lau is a Hong Kong filmmaker best known for co-directing the influential crime thriller "Infernal Affairs" and for his work on stylish action and triad films.
  • A. Andy Lau
    Andy Lau is a renowned Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer, widely regarded as one of the most successful and influential stars in the Chinese entertainment industry.
  • B. Ringo Lam
    Ringo Lam was a renowned Hong Kong film director best known for his gritty, realistic crime thrillers such as "City on Fire," which heavily influenced the modern action and crime genre.
  • C. John Lee Ka-chiu
    John Lee Ka-chiu is a Hong Kong politician and former security official who serves as the Chief Executive, the city's top leader.
  • D. Yu Lik-wai
    Yu Lik-wai is a Hong Kong cinematographer and film director best known for his long-time collaboration with Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke on critically acclaimed art-house films.
  • E. Lim Jock Hoi
    Lim Jock Hoi is a Bruneian diplomat who served as the 14th Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
  • 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_69ca82f749388190bffbea6dfb509016 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb80e03eb08190a458c9caa0524e0f completed March 31, 2026, 8:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cde8312be48190bd5896adc8bb4e95 completed April 2, 2026, 3:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cdebfafe84819097f387318897dae1 completed April 2, 2026, 4:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cded2a9c2c8190bdbeddad562ef9e8 completed April 2, 2026, 4:14 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:02 p.m.