Triple
T871502
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Shape of Things to Come |
E18822
|
entity |
| Predicate | filmAdaptationDirector |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Cameron Menzies |
E19580
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: William Cameron Menzies | Statement: [The Shape of Things to Come, filmAdaptationDirector, William Cameron Menzies]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Cameron Menzies Context triple: [The Shape of Things to Come, filmAdaptationDirector, William Cameron Menzies]
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A.
William Cameron Menzies
chosen
William Cameron Menzies was a pioneering American film producer, director, and especially influential art director and production designer, renowned for shaping the visual style of early Hollywood cinema.
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B.
King Vidor
King Vidor was an influential American film director of Hollywood’s Golden Age, known for classics such as "The Big Parade," "The Crowd," and his uncredited work on "The Wizard of Oz."
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C.
Michael Powell
Michael Powell is an American bookseller and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Powell’s City of Books, one of the world’s largest independent bookstores.
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D.
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille was a pioneering American film director and producer, famed for his epic biblical and historical movies such as "The Ten Commandments" and "Cleopatra."
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E.
Victor Fleming
Victor Fleming was an American film director best known for directing the classic movies "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone with the Wind."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a4938db1f081909bcd1ad2713b6096 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4ac96850881908a2d776685126137 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac16f749dc819097231c0becb4150b |
completed | March 7, 2026, 12:15 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.