Triple

T110787
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American literature E2242 entity
Predicate hasNotableAuthor P4244 FINISHED
Object Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Pynchon is a reclusive American novelist known for his dense, complex, and postmodern works such as "Gravity’s Rainbow" and "The Crying of Lot 49."
E10498 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: Thomas Pynchon | Statement: [American literature, hasNotableAuthor, Thomas Pynchon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Pynchon
Context triple: [American literature, hasNotableAuthor, Thomas Pynchon]
  • A. Norman Mailer
    Norman Mailer was a prominent American novelist, journalist, and essayist known for works like "The Naked and the Dead" and for co-founding The Village Voice.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Stephen King
    Stephen King is a prolific American author renowned for his horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, and fantasy novels, many of which have been adapted into successful films and television series.
  • D. Salman Rushdie
    Salman Rushdie is a British-Indian novelist and essayist renowned for his magical realist works, particularly "Midnight's Children" and the controversial "The Satanic Verses."
  • E. Campbell McInnes
    Campbell McInnes is a film producer best known for his work on the political drama "Chappaquiddick," which explores the 1969 incident involving Senator Ted Kennedy.
  • 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: Thomas Pynchon
Triple: [American literature, hasNotableAuthor, Thomas Pynchon]
Generated description
Thomas Pynchon is a reclusive American novelist known for his dense, complex, and postmodern works such as "Gravity’s Rainbow" and "The Crying of Lot 49."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Pynchon
Target entity description: Thomas Pynchon is a reclusive American novelist known for his dense, complex, and postmodern works such as "Gravity’s Rainbow" and "The Crying of Lot 49."
  • A. Norman Mailer
    Norman Mailer was a prominent American novelist, journalist, and essayist known for works like "The Naked and the Dead" and for co-founding The Village Voice.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Stephen King
    Stephen King is a prolific American author renowned for his horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, and fantasy novels, many of which have been adapted into successful films and television series.
  • D. Salman Rushdie
    Salman Rushdie is a British-Indian novelist and essayist renowned for his magical realist works, particularly "Midnight's Children" and the controversial "The Satanic Verses."
  • E. Campbell McInnes
    Campbell McInnes is a film producer best known for his work on the political drama "Chappaquiddick," which explores the 1969 incident involving Senator Ted Kennedy.
  • 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_69a275e92ed08190819ad8385200dfa6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a276a76a008190af3972351ef33fd2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 5:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a276f837888190ad28585f8de54f17 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 5:02 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:20 a.m.