Triple

T19137559
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ubu Tells the Truth E468471 entity
Predicate partOfSeries P1761 FINISHED
Object Ubu films by William Kentridge
Ubu films by William Kentridge is a series of animated and mixed-media works that reinterpret Alfred Jarry’s absurdist Ubu character to explore themes of power, violence, and historical trauma, particularly in the context of South Africa.
E1359897 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: Ubu films by William Kentridge | Statement: [Ubu Tells the Truth, partOfSeries, Ubu films by William Kentridge]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ubu films by William Kentridge
Context triple: [Ubu Tells the Truth, partOfSeries, Ubu films by William Kentridge]
  • A. Kino-Eye
    Kino-Eye was a Soviet avant-garde film movement led by Dziga Vertov that championed documentary realism and the use of the camera as a tool to reveal truth through innovative editing and non-fiction imagery.
  • B. Vicente Huidobro Films
    Vicente Huidobro Films was a film production company associated with avant-garde and surrealist cinema in the early 20th century.
  • C. Collection de l’Art Brut
    The Collection de l’Art Brut is a renowned Lausanne museum dedicated to outsider art, showcasing works created outside traditional artistic institutions.
  • D. Len Lye Water Whirler
    Len Lye Water Whirler is a kinetic sculpture by artist Len Lye that features a tall, flexible pole spraying arcs of water in choreographed patterns on Wellington’s waterfront.
  • E. Idioteque
    "Idioteque" is an experimental, electronic-influenced track by the English rock band Radiohead, acclaimed for its anxious atmosphere, unconventional structure, and prescient themes of climate crisis and societal collapse.
  • 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: Ubu films by William Kentridge
Triple: [Ubu Tells the Truth, partOfSeries, Ubu films by William Kentridge]
Generated description
Ubu films by William Kentridge is a series of animated and mixed-media works that reinterpret Alfred Jarry’s absurdist Ubu character to explore themes of power, violence, and historical trauma, particularly in the context of South Africa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ubu films by William Kentridge
Target entity description: Ubu films by William Kentridge is a series of animated and mixed-media works that reinterpret Alfred Jarry’s absurdist Ubu character to explore themes of power, violence, and historical trauma, particularly in the context of South Africa.
  • A. Kino-Eye
    Kino-Eye was a Soviet avant-garde film movement led by Dziga Vertov that championed documentary realism and the use of the camera as a tool to reveal truth through innovative editing and non-fiction imagery.
  • B. Vicente Huidobro Films
    Vicente Huidobro Films was a film production company associated with avant-garde and surrealist cinema in the early 20th century.
  • C. Collection de l’Art Brut
    The Collection de l’Art Brut is a renowned Lausanne museum dedicated to outsider art, showcasing works created outside traditional artistic institutions.
  • D. Len Lye Water Whirler
    Len Lye Water Whirler is a kinetic sculpture by artist Len Lye that features a tall, flexible pole spraying arcs of water in choreographed patterns on Wellington’s waterfront.
  • E. Idioteque
    "Idioteque" is an experimental, electronic-influenced track by the English rock band Radiohead, acclaimed for its anxious atmosphere, unconventional structure, and prescient themes of climate crisis and societal collapse.
  • 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_69d8dd0796a48190b34ce4cd9d3f3be5 completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5e3edd1c48190b86bef530ebbd092 completed April 20, 2026, 8:29 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a05e685266c81909f6c3053d6e50849 completed May 14, 2026, 3:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a05e9db3fac8190b484ed5e9ff1e961 completed May 14, 2026, 3:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a05ea546230819087e952db04137591 completed May 14, 2026, 3:29 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:05 p.m.