Triple

T110780
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American literature E2242 entity
Predicate hasNotableAuthor P4244 FINISHED
Object John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck was a prominent 20th-century American novelist best known for his socially conscious works such as "The Grapes of Wrath," "Of Mice and Men," and "East of Eden."
E16129 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: John Steinbeck | Statement: [American literature, hasNotableAuthor, John Steinbeck]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Steinbeck
Context triple: [American literature, hasNotableAuthor, John Steinbeck]
  • A. Ernest Hemingway
    Ernest Hemingway was a 20th-century American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist renowned for his terse prose style and classics such as "The Old Man and the Sea," "A Farewell to Arms," and "For Whom the Bell Tolls."
  • B. William Faulkner
    William Faulkner was a Nobel Prize–winning American novelist and short-story writer renowned for his complex narratives and pioneering use of stream of consciousness, particularly in works set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.
  • C. Truman Capote
    Truman Capote was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist best known for works like "In Cold Blood" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's," which helped pioneer the true crime genre and cemented his status as a major literary figure of the 20th century.
  • D. F. Scott Fitzgerald
    F. Scott Fitzgerald was a prominent 20th-century American novelist and short story writer best known for portraying the Jazz Age in works such as "The Great Gatsby."
  • E. Thomas Mann
    Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, and essayist renowned for works like "Buddenbrooks" and "The Magic Mountain," which explore the psychology and moral crises of modern European society.
  • 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: John Steinbeck
Triple: [American literature, hasNotableAuthor, John Steinbeck]
Generated description
John Steinbeck was a prominent 20th-century American novelist best known for his socially conscious works such as "The Grapes of Wrath," "Of Mice and Men," and "East of Eden."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Steinbeck
Target entity description: John Steinbeck was a prominent 20th-century American novelist best known for his socially conscious works such as "The Grapes of Wrath," "Of Mice and Men," and "East of Eden."
  • A. Ernest Hemingway
    Ernest Hemingway was a 20th-century American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist renowned for his terse prose style and classics such as "The Old Man and the Sea," "A Farewell to Arms," and "For Whom the Bell Tolls."
  • B. William Faulkner
    William Faulkner was a Nobel Prize–winning American novelist and short-story writer renowned for his complex narratives and pioneering use of stream of consciousness, particularly in works set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.
  • C. Truman Capote
    Truman Capote was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist best known for works like "In Cold Blood" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's," which helped pioneer the true crime genre and cemented his status as a major literary figure of the 20th century.
  • D. F. Scott Fitzgerald
    F. Scott Fitzgerald was a prominent 20th-century American novelist and short story writer best known for portraying the Jazz Age in works such as "The Great Gatsby."
  • E. Thomas Mann
    Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, and essayist renowned for works like "Buddenbrooks" and "The Magic Mountain," which explore the psychology and moral crises of modern European society.
  • 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_69a24fcdaeb48190a2d796677e4b3281 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:15 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25b800d08819099a44429d5c82c68 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2b4b90654819092780651ae9408e9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2b54973388190bd1eb424593d607a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2b5ab4cc481908f14b3c8274d8891 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:30 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:20 a.m.