Triple

T12068969
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gideon's Trumpet E287371 entity
Predicate director P255 FINISHED
Object Robert L. Collins
Robert L. Collins was an American film and television director and writer known for his work on notable TV movies and series in the mid-to-late 20th century.
E1368459 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: Robert L. Collins | Statement: [Gideon's Trumpet, director, Robert L. Collins]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert L. Collins
Context triple: [Gideon's Trumpet, director, Robert L. Collins]
  • A. Erich A. Collin
    Erich A. Collin was a tenor and founding member of the renowned German vocal group the Comedian Harmonists, whose life and career were dramatized in the film "Comedian Harmonists."
  • B. George W. Collins
    George W. Collins was an American politician and U.S. Representative from Illinois who played a key role in the early formation of the Congressional Black Caucus.
  • C. Robert L. Boyett
    Robert L. Boyett is an American television producer best known for his work on popular family sitcoms such as "Full House," "Family Matters," and other hit network comedies.
  • D. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • E. Raymond S. McLain
    Raymond S. McLain was a U.S. Army major general and highly regarded National Guard officer who distinguished himself as a corps and division commander in the European Theater during World War II.
  • 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: Robert L. Collins
Triple: [Gideon's Trumpet, director, Robert L. Collins]
Generated description
Robert L. Collins was an American film and television director and writer known for his work on notable TV movies and series in the mid-to-late 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert L. Collins
Target entity description: Robert L. Collins was an American film and television director and writer known for his work on notable TV movies and series in the mid-to-late 20th century.
  • A. Erich A. Collin
    Erich A. Collin was a tenor and founding member of the renowned German vocal group the Comedian Harmonists, whose life and career were dramatized in the film "Comedian Harmonists."
  • B. George W. Collins
    George W. Collins was an American politician and U.S. Representative from Illinois who played a key role in the early formation of the Congressional Black Caucus.
  • C. Robert L. Boyett
    Robert L. Boyett is an American television producer best known for his work on popular family sitcoms such as "Full House," "Family Matters," and other hit network comedies.
  • D. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • E. Raymond S. McLain
    Raymond S. McLain was a U.S. Army major general and highly regarded National Guard officer who distinguished himself as a corps and division commander in the European Theater during World War II.
  • 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_69d6ab4846e081908ee7bbd66a6d3459 completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d90457fd488190b311ed69d2aebdf9 completed April 10, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a071433204c819086b3c7263352dc1b completed May 15, 2026, 12:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0714c3099c81909b009fe952d0de81 completed May 15, 2026, 12:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07152aafb48190a767005628c6380a completed May 15, 2026, 12:44 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:48 p.m.