Triple
T12894095
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James B. Donovan |
E308446
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Britt Donovan
James Britt Donovan was an American lawyer and diplomat best known for negotiating the exchange of Soviet spy Rudolf Abel for U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers during the Cold War.
|
E1008441
|
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: James Britt Donovan | Statement: [James B. Donovan, fullName, James Britt Donovan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Britt Donovan Context triple: [James B. Donovan, fullName, James Britt Donovan]
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A.
Thomas Ian Nicholas
Thomas Ian Nicholas is an American actor and musician best known for playing Kevin Myers in the "American Pie" film series.
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B.
Daniel McDermott
Daniel McDermott is a person notable enough to be recognized as a namesake of the surname McDermott.
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C.
Dean Devlin
Dean Devlin is an American film and television producer, writer, and director best known for his work on science fiction and action projects such as "Independence Day," "Stargate," and various genre TV series.
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D.
Michael Patrick King
Michael Patrick King is an American writer, director, and producer best known for his work on the television series "Sex and the City" and its related projects.
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E.
Richard Creedon
Richard Creedon was a screenwriter best known for his work on Disney’s landmark animated feature film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
- 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: James Britt Donovan Triple: [James B. Donovan, fullName, James Britt Donovan]
Generated description
James Britt Donovan was an American lawyer and diplomat best known for negotiating the exchange of Soviet spy Rudolf Abel for U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers during the Cold War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Britt Donovan Target entity description: James Britt Donovan was an American lawyer and diplomat best known for negotiating the exchange of Soviet spy Rudolf Abel for U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers during the Cold War.
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A.
Thomas Ian Nicholas
Thomas Ian Nicholas is an American actor and musician best known for playing Kevin Myers in the "American Pie" film series.
-
B.
Daniel McDermott
Daniel McDermott is a person notable enough to be recognized as a namesake of the surname McDermott.
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C.
Dean Devlin
Dean Devlin is an American film and television producer, writer, and director best known for his work on science fiction and action projects such as "Independence Day," "Stargate," and various genre TV series.
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D.
Michael Patrick King
Michael Patrick King is an American writer, director, and producer best known for his work on the television series "Sex and the City" and its related projects.
-
E.
Richard Creedon
Richard Creedon was a screenwriter best known for his work on Disney’s landmark animated feature film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
- 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_69d971484aa08190a8adfafabe600903 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6a55daf788190be72af98b288bd70 |
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, 5:40 p.m.