Triple
T10595348
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Hot Zone |
E250097
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Richard Preston
Richard Preston is an American journalist and author best known for his nonfiction books about infectious diseases and biological threats, including the bestseller "The Hot Zone."
|
E873504
|
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: Richard Preston | Statement: [The Hot Zone, author, Richard Preston]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Preston Context triple: [The Hot Zone, author, Richard Preston]
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A.
Peter S. Seaman
Peter S. Seaman is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing major Hollywood films such as "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "Shrek the Third."
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B.
Richard Q. Twiss
Richard Q. Twiss was a British physicist best known for co-discovering the Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect, which laid foundational work for modern quantum optics and intensity interferometry.
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C.
Peter H. Dominick
Peter H. Dominick was a Republican U.S. Senator from Colorado who served in the 1960s and early 1970s before being unseated by Democrat Gary Hart.
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D.
Douglas J. Foskett
Douglas J. Foskett was a British librarian and information scientist known for his influential work in library classification and information retrieval.
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E.
James R. Margulis
James R. Margulis is the husband of author and journalist Jennifer Margulis.
- 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: Richard Preston Triple: [The Hot Zone, author, Richard Preston]
Generated description
Richard Preston is an American journalist and author best known for his nonfiction books about infectious diseases and biological threats, including the bestseller "The Hot Zone."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Preston Target entity description: Richard Preston is an American journalist and author best known for his nonfiction books about infectious diseases and biological threats, including the bestseller "The Hot Zone."
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A.
Peter S. Seaman
Peter S. Seaman is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing major Hollywood films such as "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "Shrek the Third."
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B.
Richard Q. Twiss
Richard Q. Twiss was a British physicist best known for co-discovering the Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect, which laid foundational work for modern quantum optics and intensity interferometry.
-
C.
Peter H. Dominick
Peter H. Dominick was a Republican U.S. Senator from Colorado who served in the 1960s and early 1970s before being unseated by Democrat Gary Hart.
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D.
Douglas J. Foskett
Douglas J. Foskett was a British librarian and information scientist known for his influential work in library classification and information retrieval.
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E.
James R. Margulis
James R. Margulis is the husband of author and journalist Jennifer Margulis.
- 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_69d381c9d3d48190a29ee491e1696a0e |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d5278cbf9081909ef419b0144d5019 |
completed | April 7, 2026, 3:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d95e8de2e88190835954abb2ac2ece |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:33 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d95f80d0c48190b88e3a4b3e42279c |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:37 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d9602a1d688190ad0f3014d69049cc |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:40 p.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:41 p.m.