Triple
T21638161
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas and the Magic Railroad |
E534014
|
entity |
| Predicate | cinematographyBy |
P1953
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Doug Milne
Doug Milne is a cinematographer best known for his work on the family fantasy film "Thomas and the Magic Railroad."
|
E1495267
|
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: Doug Milne | Statement: [Thomas and the Magic Railroad, cinematographyBy, Doug Milne]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doug Milne Context triple: [Thomas and the Magic Railroad, cinematographyBy, Doug Milne]
-
A.
Bruce McDiarmid
Bruce McDiarmid was a prominent local figure and benefactor associated with the establishment of McDiarmid Park, the home stadium of Scottish football club St Johnstone FC.
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B.
Don McKinnon
Don McKinnon is a New Zealand politician and diplomat best known for serving as Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand and later as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations.
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C.
Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall is an Australian architect best known as a founding director of the influential firm Ashton Raggatt McDougall (ARM), recognized for its bold and unconventional public architecture.
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D.
James Durie
James Durie is the proud, ruthless elder brother and Jacobite adventurer whose rivalry with his sibling drives the tragic plot of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel "The Master of Ballantrae."
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E.
Ewen Macdonald
Ewen Macdonald was a Presbyterian minister best known as the husband of Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery.
- 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: Doug Milne Triple: [Thomas and the Magic Railroad, cinematographyBy, Doug Milne]
Generated description
Doug Milne is a cinematographer best known for his work on the family fantasy film "Thomas and the Magic Railroad."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doug Milne Target entity description: Doug Milne is a cinematographer best known for his work on the family fantasy film "Thomas and the Magic Railroad."
-
A.
Bruce McDiarmid
Bruce McDiarmid was a prominent local figure and benefactor associated with the establishment of McDiarmid Park, the home stadium of Scottish football club St Johnstone FC.
-
B.
Don McKinnon
Don McKinnon is a New Zealand politician and diplomat best known for serving as Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand and later as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations.
-
C.
Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall is an Australian architect best known as a founding director of the influential firm Ashton Raggatt McDougall (ARM), recognized for its bold and unconventional public architecture.
-
D.
James Durie
James Durie is the proud, ruthless elder brother and Jacobite adventurer whose rivalry with his sibling drives the tragic plot of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel "The Master of Ballantrae."
-
E.
Ewen Macdonald
Ewen Macdonald was a Presbyterian minister best known as the husband of Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery.
- 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_69e0c465ae7481908577b7209fdb2a77 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ef538eef0481908f5bf0e27f8e054d |
completed | April 27, 2026, 12:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0a158fa09c8190a2669f6741c7c8ee |
completed | May 17, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0a164617808190a9dd69ce2c07b36d |
completed | May 17, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0a16b2f7908190a1cf632f504b630f |
completed | May 17, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:35 p.m.