Triple

T995660
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Howards End E21489 entity
Predicate producer P490 FINISHED
Object Ismail Merchant
Ismail Merchant was an Indian-born film producer best known as one half of the Merchant Ivory filmmaking team, renowned for its acclaimed literary adaptations and period dramas.
 E118205 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: Ismail Merchant | Statement: [Howards End, producer, Ismail Merchant]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ismail Merchant
Context triple: [Howards End, producer, Ismail Merchant]
  • A. Satyajit Ray
    Satyajit Ray was an acclaimed Indian filmmaker, writer, and artist from Bengal, renowned worldwide for his pioneering contributions to cinema and his profound influence on modern Indian culture.
  • B. Narayan Apte
    Narayan Apte was an Indian nationalist and co-conspirator in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, executed for his role in the plot.
  • C. Shyam Benegal
    Shyam Benegal is a renowned Indian film director and screenwriter, widely regarded as a pioneer of parallel cinema and known for his socially conscious and critically acclaimed works.
  • D. John Guillermin
    John Guillermin was a British film director known for his work on large-scale adventure and disaster films, including the 1976 remake of King Kong and The Towering Inferno.
  • E. Lewis Gilbert
    Lewis Gilbert was a British film director best known for his work on several James Bond films, including "You Only Live Twice," "The Spy Who Loved Me," and "Moonraker."
  • 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: Ismail Merchant
Triple: [Howards End, producer, Ismail Merchant]
Generated description
Ismail Merchant was an Indian-born film producer best known as one half of the Merchant Ivory filmmaking team, renowned for its acclaimed literary adaptations and period dramas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ismail Merchant
Target entity description: Ismail Merchant was an Indian-born film producer best known as one half of the Merchant Ivory filmmaking team, renowned for its acclaimed literary adaptations and period dramas.
  • A. Satyajit Ray
    Satyajit Ray was an acclaimed Indian filmmaker, writer, and artist from Bengal, renowned worldwide for his pioneering contributions to cinema and his profound influence on modern Indian culture.
  • B. Narayan Apte
    Narayan Apte was an Indian nationalist and co-conspirator in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, executed for his role in the plot.
  • C. Shyam Benegal
    Shyam Benegal is a renowned Indian film director and screenwriter, widely regarded as a pioneer of parallel cinema and known for his socially conscious and critically acclaimed works.
  • D. John Guillermin
    John Guillermin was a British film director known for his work on large-scale adventure and disaster films, including the 1976 remake of King Kong and The Towering Inferno.
  • E. Lewis Gilbert
    Lewis Gilbert was a British film director best known for his work on several James Bond films, including "You Only Live Twice," "The Spy Who Loved Me," and "Moonraker."
  • 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_69a493c476b48190b41fc5e793171cc6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b4df6dcc819084a7c0a50637a2c2 completed March 1, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac2a18db488190bf7d604fe6a33b9e completed March 7, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac2ab3df188190a70c46b276b562fe completed March 7, 2026, 1:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac2b28e9dc8190bdf5642def2399c5 completed March 7, 2026, 1:42 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.