Triple
T10896181
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Virgil Tibbs |
E257315
|
entity |
| Predicate | createdBy |
P806
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Ball |
E252785
|
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: John Ball | Statement: [Virgil Tibbs, createdBy, John Ball]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Ball Context triple: [Virgil Tibbs, createdBy, John Ball]
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A.
John Ball
chosen
John Ball was an American novelist best known for creating the character Virgil Tibbs in his crime novel "In the Heat of the Night," which was adapted into the acclaimed 1967 film.
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B.
John Ball
John Ball was a prominent 19th-century Grand Rapids businessman and landowner whose donated property became the site of the John Ball Zoo.
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C.
John Ball
John Ball was a radical English priest and social agitator known for his influential role in inspiring and leading the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.
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D.
John Ball Jr.
John Ball Jr. is a fictional character appearing in the film "Easy Living."
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E.
Andrew Gower
Andrew Gower is a British actor known for his roles in television series such as "Carnival Row," "Outlander," and "Being Human."
- 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_69d6aa8550c8819095508a2ed9acf3db |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d75d022f4c81909cd9ea27a9f0cd32 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:02 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e15519e620819090e492861de6a567 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 9:31 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:21 p.m.