Triple

T10226201
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Ghost and the Darkness E243209 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Col. John Henry Patterson E459573 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: Col. John Henry Patterson | Statement: [The Ghost and the Darkness, character, Col. John Henry Patterson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Col. John Henry Patterson
Context triple: [The Ghost and the Darkness, character, Col. John Henry Patterson]
  • A. John Henry Patterson
    John Henry Patterson was an American industrialist and business pioneer best known for building the National Cash Register Company (NCR) into a major corporation and for innovating modern sales and management techniques.
  • B. John Henry Patterson chosen
    John Henry Patterson was a British soldier and writer best known for commanding early Jewish military units during World War I and for his famous account of hunting the man-eating lions of Tsavo.
  • C. James R. Browning
    James R. Browning was a prominent American judge who served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, including a long tenure as its chief judge.
  • D. John B. McDonald
    John B. McDonald was an American civil engineer best known for overseeing the construction of New York City's first subway system.
  • E. Rufus Edward Mackahan
    Rufus Edward Mackahan was the birth name of American character actor Alan Hale Sr., known for his prolific work in early Hollywood films.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69d381b0f97c819085c9b45799a5fb7c completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d4d1f9cf6c81909a6b9e9b9d0a79fe completed April 7, 2026, 9:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d6f71fb4048190a36f1fe499729332 completed April 9, 2026, 12:47 a.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:17 a.m.