Triple

T18222730
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alexander Hammid E436345 entity
Predicate collaboratedWith P435 FINISHED
Object Willard Van Dyke
Willard Van Dyke was an American filmmaker and photographer known for his socially conscious documentaries and his role in the development of modern documentary film in the United States.
E1319130 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: Willard Van Dyke | Statement: [Alexander Hammid, collaboratedWith, Willard Van Dyke]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Willard Van Dyke
Context triple: [Alexander Hammid, collaboratedWith, Willard Van Dyke]
  • A. John F. Reyburn
    John F. Reyburn was an American Republican politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania and later as mayor of Philadelphia in the early 20th century.
  • B. Cecil Layendecker
    Cecil Layendecker is a relatively obscure individual known primarily by name, with no widely documented public achievements or biographical details.
  • C. Earl Van Dyke
    Earl Van Dyke was an American keyboardist and bandleader best known for his influential work on countless Motown hits as a core member of the label’s house band.
  • D. Bill Sackter
    Bill Sackter was a developmentally disabled man whose life story of institutionalization, friendship, and late-in-life independence became widely known through the film "Bill" and helped change public perceptions of people with disabilities.
  • E. Gene Fowler
    Gene Fowler was an American journalist, author, and screenwriter known for his colorful personality and biographies of prominent Hollywood and literary figures.
  • 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: Willard Van Dyke
Triple: [Alexander Hammid, collaboratedWith, Willard Van Dyke]
Generated description
Willard Van Dyke was an American filmmaker and photographer known for his socially conscious documentaries and his role in the development of modern documentary film in the United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Willard Van Dyke
Target entity description: Willard Van Dyke was an American filmmaker and photographer known for his socially conscious documentaries and his role in the development of modern documentary film in the United States.
  • A. John F. Reyburn
    John F. Reyburn was an American Republican politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania and later as mayor of Philadelphia in the early 20th century.
  • B. Cecil Layendecker
    Cecil Layendecker is a relatively obscure individual known primarily by name, with no widely documented public achievements or biographical details.
  • C. Earl Van Dyke
    Earl Van Dyke was an American keyboardist and bandleader best known for his influential work on countless Motown hits as a core member of the label’s house band.
  • D. Bill Sackter
    Bill Sackter was a developmentally disabled man whose life story of institutionalization, friendship, and late-in-life independence became widely known through the film "Bill" and helped change public perceptions of people with disabilities.
  • E. Gene Fowler
    Gene Fowler was an American journalist, author, and screenwriter known for his colorful personality and biographies of prominent Hollywood and literary figures.
  • 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_69d8b9103a8081908bbb0836fef10efd completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4e47c85108190bd9707b40bdfdb38 completed April 19, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03cc115e4c8190987815da96d56c8a completed May 13, 2026, 12:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03cc9835348190b1fb456afc59250f completed May 13, 2026, 12:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03ccf0dc148190bfe6f1f9877750c0 completed May 13, 2026, 12:59 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:32 a.m.