Triple

T17026793
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Heidi (1937 film) E413084 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Walter Ferris
Walter Ferris was an American screenwriter best known for his work on classic Hollywood films in the 1930s, including the adaptation of "Heidi."
E1368500 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: Walter Ferris | Statement: [Heidi (1937 film), screenwriter, Walter Ferris]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Ferris
Context triple: [Heidi (1937 film), screenwriter, Walter Ferris]
  • A. Walter Parratt
    Walter Parratt was a prominent English organist, composer, and teacher who served as Master of the Queen’s (later King’s) Music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. Walter Wyman
    Walter Wyman was an American engineer and power company executive known for his pioneering role in developing hydroelectric power projects in Maine.
  • C. Wendell Fertig
    Wendell Fertig was a U.S. Army engineer officer who became a leading guerrilla commander in the Philippines during World War II, organizing resistance against Japanese occupation.
  • D. George Ratterman
    George Ratterman was an American professional football quarterback who later became a prominent sports broadcaster and attorney.
  • E. Walter Lundin
    Walter Lundin was an American cinematographer best known for his work on silent-era comedies, particularly films starring Harold Lloyd.
  • 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: Walter Ferris
Triple: [Heidi (1937 film), screenwriter, Walter Ferris]
Generated description
Walter Ferris was an American screenwriter best known for his work on classic Hollywood films in the 1930s, including the adaptation of "Heidi."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Ferris
Target entity description: Walter Ferris was an American screenwriter best known for his work on classic Hollywood films in the 1930s, including the adaptation of "Heidi."
  • A. Walter Parratt
    Walter Parratt was a prominent English organist, composer, and teacher who served as Master of the Queen’s (later King’s) Music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. Walter Wyman
    Walter Wyman was an American engineer and power company executive known for his pioneering role in developing hydroelectric power projects in Maine.
  • C. Wendell Fertig
    Wendell Fertig was a U.S. Army engineer officer who became a leading guerrilla commander in the Philippines during World War II, organizing resistance against Japanese occupation.
  • D. George Ratterman
    George Ratterman was an American professional football quarterback who later became a prominent sports broadcaster and attorney.
  • E. Walter Lundin
    Walter Lundin was an American cinematographer best known for his work on silent-era comedies, particularly films starring Harold Lloyd.
  • 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_69d886cc4170819093deddc7b8b4b6a7 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3d5d5ed388190871aa738cac04b65 completed April 18, 2026, 7:04 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 10, 2026, 5:33 a.m.