Triple
T9098613
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Josef von Sternberg |
E218091
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Shanghai Express |
E96891
|
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: Shanghai Express | Statement: [Josef von Sternberg, notableWork, Shanghai Express]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shanghai Express Context triple: [Josef von Sternberg, notableWork, Shanghai Express]
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A.
Shanghai Express
chosen
Shanghai Express is a 1932 pre-Code Hollywood drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg, best known for its atmospheric cinematography and starring performances by Marlene Dietrich and Anna May Wong.
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B.
Shanghai Noon
Shanghai Noon is a 2000 action-comedy Western film starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson, blending martial arts with cowboy adventure in the American Old West.
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C.
The Lady from Shanghai
The Lady from Shanghai is a 1947 film noir directed by and starring Orson Welles, renowned for its complex plot, striking visual style, and famous hall-of-mirrors climax.
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D.
Man of a Thousand Faces
Man of a Thousand Faces is a 1957 biographical film dramatizing the life and career of legendary character actor and makeup pioneer Lon Chaney.
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E.
The World of Suzie Wong
The World of Suzie Wong is a 1957 novel by Richard Mason, later adapted into a successful stage play and film, that tells the story of a romance between a British artist and a Chinese sex worker in Hong Kong.
- 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_69ca83d9844081908e561e367fda6d45 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc970f340881909f5551219f151acf |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:54 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d01824ee2081909cc5e6ae33fab2e5 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 7:42 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:15 p.m.