Triple
T8999543
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Footlight Parade |
E215007
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Lloyd Bacon |
E40802
|
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: Lloyd Bacon | Statement: [Footlight Parade, director, Lloyd Bacon]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lloyd Bacon Context triple: [Footlight Parade, director, Lloyd Bacon]
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A.
Lloyd Bacon
chosen
Lloyd Bacon was an American film director and actor best known for his prolific work in Hollywood during the 1920s–1940s, including numerous musicals and comedies for Warner Bros.
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B.
Rex Ingram
Rex Ingram was a prominent Irish-American silent film director of the early 20th century, known for his visually innovative and epic productions in Hollywood.
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C.
Rex Ingram
Rex Ingram was an American character actor best known for his powerful screen presence in mid-20th-century films, including notable roles in movies such as "The Thief of Bagdad" and "Cabin in the Sky."
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D.
Allan Dwan
Allan Dwan was a pioneering Canadian-born American film director and producer whose prolific career spanned the silent and early sound eras of Hollywood cinema.
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E.
Clarence Brown
Clarence Brown was an American film director best known for his work during Hollywood’s silent and early sound eras, directing classics such as "Anna Christie," "National Velvet," and several Greta Garbo films.
- 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_69ca83a12d648190b1e4fe11e8a31890 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc68e3b1f48190bbeafbce363fff53 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:37 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfd0d987dc81908f1d74f390f18a9c |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:05 p.m.