Triple

T8999547
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Footlight Parade E215007 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Sidney Sutherland
Sidney Sutherland was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s early sound era, contributing to several studio films in the 1930s.
E772158 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: Sidney Sutherland | Statement: [Footlight Parade, screenwriter, Sidney Sutherland]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sidney Sutherland
Context triple: [Footlight Parade, screenwriter, Sidney Sutherland]
  • A. Charles Foulkes
    Charles Foulkes was a senior Canadian Army officer in the Second World War who rose to become Chief of the General Staff and played a key role in the final Allied operations in Northwest Europe.
  • B. H. A. Prichard
    H. A. Prichard was a 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his influential work in intuitionist ethics and his critique of consequentialist moral theories.
  • C. George Milner
    George Milner is a personal name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in fields such as linguistics, politics, and the military.
  • D. John Merton
    John Merton was an American character actor known for his frequent roles as a villain in B-movie Westerns and adventure serials during the 1930s and 1940s.
  • E. George Whaples
    George Whaples was a mathematician known for his work in algebra and number theory, and for being a doctoral student of Emil Artin.
  • 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: Sidney Sutherland
Triple: [Footlight Parade, screenwriter, Sidney Sutherland]
Generated description
Sidney Sutherland was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s early sound era, contributing to several studio films in the 1930s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sidney Sutherland
Target entity description: Sidney Sutherland was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s early sound era, contributing to several studio films in the 1930s.
  • A. Charles Foulkes
    Charles Foulkes was a senior Canadian Army officer in the Second World War who rose to become Chief of the General Staff and played a key role in the final Allied operations in Northwest Europe.
  • B. H. A. Prichard
    H. A. Prichard was a 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his influential work in intuitionist ethics and his critique of consequentialist moral theories.
  • C. George Milner
    George Milner is a personal name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in fields such as linguistics, politics, and the military.
  • D. John Merton
    John Merton was an American character actor known for his frequent roles as a villain in B-movie Westerns and adventure serials during the 1930s and 1940s.
  • E. George Whaples
    George Whaples was a mathematician known for his work in algebra and number theory, and for being a doctoral student of Emil Artin.
  • 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_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.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfd1a32a64819090d423a99ab75362 completed April 3, 2026, 2:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfd250593881908312200ba7bba617 completed April 3, 2026, 2:44 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:05 p.m.