Triple

T12886366
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story E308233 entity
Predicate author P4 FINISHED
Object D. T. Max
D. T. Max is an American journalist and biographer known for his in-depth literary profiles and his acclaimed biography of David Foster Wallace.
 E1008382 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: D. T. Max | Statement: [Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story, author, D. T. Max]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: D. T. Max
Context triple: [Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story, author, D. T. Max]
  • A. George Packer
    George Packer is an American journalist, novelist, and non-fiction writer best known for his political reporting and books such as "The Assassins' Gate" and "The Unwinding."
  • B. Marc Rosenthal
    Marc Rosenthal is an American illustrator and cartoonist known for his humorous, retro-style artwork in children’s books and magazines.
  • C. Bennett Rosenthal
    Bennett Rosenthal is an American businessman and private equity executive best known as a co-owner of the Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC.
  • D. Frank Hohimer
    Frank Hohimer is the pseudonymous author of the true-crime memoir "The Home Invaders," which chronicles the lives and methods of professional burglars.
  • E. Jeffrey Auerbach
    Jeffrey Auerbach is a film producer best known for his work on the stop-motion animated feature "Corpse Bride."
  • 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: D. T. Max
Triple: [Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story, author, D. T. Max]
Generated description
D. T. Max is an American journalist and biographer known for his in-depth literary profiles and his acclaimed biography of David Foster Wallace.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: D. T. Max
Target entity description: D. T. Max is an American journalist and biographer known for his in-depth literary profiles and his acclaimed biography of David Foster Wallace.
  • A. George Packer
    George Packer is an American journalist, novelist, and non-fiction writer best known for his political reporting and books such as "The Assassins' Gate" and "The Unwinding."
  • B. Marc Rosenthal
    Marc Rosenthal is an American illustrator and cartoonist known for his humorous, retro-style artwork in children’s books and magazines.
  • C. Bennett Rosenthal
    Bennett Rosenthal is an American businessman and private equity executive best known as a co-owner of the Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC.
  • D. Frank Hohimer
    Frank Hohimer is the pseudonymous author of the true-crime memoir "The Home Invaders," which chronicles the lives and methods of professional burglars.
  • E. Jeffrey Auerbach
    Jeffrey Auerbach is a film producer best known for his work on the stop-motion animated feature "Corpse Bride."
  • 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_69d7bdf7c1f0819098102569a8d8cbf5 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9714415c08190aa9944b494a3ddad completed April 10, 2026, 9:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6a5576ae4819084914697b2e86d9f completed May 3, 2026, 1:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6a641d1988190b9af41c8c7ca599e completed May 3, 2026, 1:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6a7792f948190bb0b324bee0cd8ac completed May 3, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:39 p.m.