Triple

T9853978
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alan & Naomi E239538 entity
Predicate director P255 FINISHED
Object Sterling Van Wagenen
Sterling Van Wagenen is an American film producer, director, and co-founder of the Sundance Film Festival and the Sundance Institute.
E825066 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: Sterling Van Wagenen | Statement: [Alan & Naomi, director, Sterling Van Wagenen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sterling Van Wagenen
Context triple: [Alan & Naomi, director, Sterling Van Wagenen]
  • A. Michael Nolin
    Michael Nolin is an American film producer best known for his work on the acclaimed music drama "Mr. Holland's Opus."
  • B. Brad Daugherty
    Brad Daugherty is a former NBA center best known for his All-Star career with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
  • C. Michael Shea
    Michael Shea was a prominent theater entrepreneur and impresario whose legacy in the performing arts is commemorated by the naming of Shea’s Performing Arts Center.
  • D. Wayne Cashman
    Wayne Cashman is a former Canadian professional ice hockey right winger best known for his long NHL career with the Boston Bruins, where he served as captain and won multiple Stanley Cups.
  • E. Craig Heisinger
    Craig Heisinger is a Canadian ice hockey executive best known for his long-time leadership role with the Manitoba Moose organization.
  • 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: Sterling Van Wagenen
Triple: [Alan & Naomi, director, Sterling Van Wagenen]
Generated description
Sterling Van Wagenen is an American film producer, director, and co-founder of the Sundance Film Festival and the Sundance Institute.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sterling Van Wagenen
Target entity description: Sterling Van Wagenen is an American film producer, director, and co-founder of the Sundance Film Festival and the Sundance Institute.
  • A. Michael Nolin
    Michael Nolin is an American film producer best known for his work on the acclaimed music drama "Mr. Holland's Opus."
  • B. Brad Daugherty
    Brad Daugherty is a former NBA center best known for his All-Star career with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
  • C. Michael Shea
    Michael Shea was a prominent theater entrepreneur and impresario whose legacy in the performing arts is commemorated by the naming of Shea’s Performing Arts Center.
  • D. Wayne Cashman
    Wayne Cashman is a former Canadian professional ice hockey right winger best known for his long NHL career with the Boston Bruins, where he served as captain and won multiple Stanley Cups.
  • E. Craig Heisinger
    Craig Heisinger is a Canadian ice hockey executive best known for his long-time leadership role with the Manitoba Moose organization.
  • 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_69ca84e4fdc08190a624425bcef98665 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb376d32c819089381cf6ed83629d completed April 2, 2026, 12:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1d5f21a04819099f23ede55ec3417 completed April 5, 2026, 3:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1d7a6a87c81908dcd79c776bb19a1 completed April 5, 2026, 3:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1d82007088190ac372c67a6760e65 completed April 5, 2026, 3:33 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:34 p.m.