Triple

T18600868
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard Leacock E454615 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Leacock
Leacock is a surname most notably associated with Richard Leacock, a pioneering British-born documentary filmmaker and key figure in the development of cinéma vérité.
 E101930 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: Leacock | Statement: [Richard Leacock, familyName, Leacock]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Leacock
Context triple: [Richard Leacock, familyName, Leacock]
  • A. Leacock-Pennebaker
    Leacock-Pennebaker was a pioneering American documentary film production company known for its influential cinéma vérité works in the 1960s.
  • B. Laughlen
    Laughlen is a surname of Irish origin, commonly appearing as a component in family names such as O'Laughlen.
  • C. Benchley
    Benchley is the surname of Peter Benchley, the American author best known for writing the novel "Jaws."
  • D. Lesk
    Lesk is a smaller river or stream in Poland that serves as a tributary of the Bóbr River.
  • E. Oswalt
    Oswalt is the surname of American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer Patton Oswalt, known for his sharp observational humor and numerous film and television roles.
  • 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: Leacock
Triple: [Richard Leacock, familyName, Leacock]
Generated description
Leacock is a surname most notably associated with Richard Leacock, a pioneering British-born documentary filmmaker and key figure in the development of cinéma vérité.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Leacock
Target entity description: Leacock is a surname most notably associated with Richard Leacock, a pioneering British-born documentary filmmaker and key figure in the development of cinéma vérité.
  • A. Leacock-Pennebaker chosen
    Leacock-Pennebaker was a pioneering American documentary film production company known for its influential cinéma vérité works in the 1960s.
  • B. Laughlen
    Laughlen is a surname of Irish origin, commonly appearing as a component in family names such as O'Laughlen.
  • C. Benchley
    Benchley is the surname of Peter Benchley, the American author best known for writing the novel "Jaws."
  • D. Lesk
    Lesk is a smaller river or stream in Poland that serves as a tributary of the Bóbr River.
  • E. Oswalt
    Oswalt is the surname of American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer Patton Oswalt, known for his sharp observational humor and numerous film and television roles.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d8d38ae7e081908a98df1251842402 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5475112608190acacc5ac7a08c4a0 completed April 19, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a050381bacc81909f416e8b9910f046 completed May 13, 2026, 11:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0504ff8c6c8190a211b3f3e30229b4 completed May 13, 2026, 11:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0505606bf88190afe635b2517d170b completed May 13, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:45 a.m.