Triple

T12503074
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject If I Were King (1938 film) E298877 entity
Predicate cinematographer P1953 FINISHED
Object Theodor Sparkuhl
Theodor Sparkuhl was a German-born cinematographer known for his expressive lighting and camera work in both European and Hollywood films during the early 20th century.
E1275997 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: Theodor Sparkuhl | Statement: [If I Were King (1938 film), cinematographer, Theodor Sparkuhl]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodor Sparkuhl
Context triple: [If I Were King (1938 film), cinematographer, Theodor Sparkuhl]
  • A. Eduard Knoblauch
    Eduard Knoblauch was a 19th-century German architect known for his influential role in shaping Berlin’s architectural landscape, including notable public and cultural buildings.
  • B. Rudolf Schmundt
    Rudolf Schmundt was a German general and Adolf Hitler’s Chief of the Army Personnel Office, best known for being severely wounded in the 20 July 1944 assassination attempt on Hitler and dying shortly thereafter.
  • C. Karl Böttcher
    Karl Böttcher was a German Wehrmacht officer and general who served as a notable commander of the 21st Panzer Division during World War II.
  • D. Otto Josten
    Otto Josten was the founder of Jostens, the American company best known for producing class rings, yearbooks, and other school-related memorabilia.
  • E. Wilhelm Schäfer
    Wilhelm Schäfer is a prominent computer scientist known for his influential contributions to software engineering research.
  • 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: Theodor Sparkuhl
Triple: [If I Were King (1938 film), cinematographer, Theodor Sparkuhl]
Generated description
Theodor Sparkuhl was a German-born cinematographer known for his expressive lighting and camera work in both European and Hollywood films during the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodor Sparkuhl
Target entity description: Theodor Sparkuhl was a German-born cinematographer known for his expressive lighting and camera work in both European and Hollywood films during the early 20th century.
  • A. Eduard Knoblauch
    Eduard Knoblauch was a 19th-century German architect known for his influential role in shaping Berlin’s architectural landscape, including notable public and cultural buildings.
  • B. Rudolf Schmundt
    Rudolf Schmundt was a German general and Adolf Hitler’s Chief of the Army Personnel Office, best known for being severely wounded in the 20 July 1944 assassination attempt on Hitler and dying shortly thereafter.
  • C. Karl Böttcher
    Karl Böttcher was a German Wehrmacht officer and general who served as a notable commander of the 21st Panzer Division during World War II.
  • D. Otto Josten
    Otto Josten was the founder of Jostens, the American company best known for producing class rings, yearbooks, and other school-related memorabilia.
  • E. Wilhelm Schäfer
    Wilhelm Schäfer is a prominent computer scientist known for his influential contributions to software engineering research.
  • 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_69d6ada4cd388190ae3bbf83ff87057a completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d94dfcea188190a929db1aabe1a286 completed April 10, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01ddcdd13081909d2fd73de2af887e completed May 11, 2026, 1:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01df163620819090ec3da4b51f72fe completed May 11, 2026, 1:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a01df96182c81909bc3f399ccc589f9 completed May 11, 2026, 1:54 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:57 p.m.