Triple

T12894124
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James B. Donovan E308446 entity
Predicate authorOf P4244 FINISHED
Object Strangers on a Bridge
Strangers on a Bridge is a nonfiction memoir by lawyer James B. Donovan recounting his role in negotiating the Cold War prisoner exchange of Soviet spy Rudolf Abel and U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers.
E1008809 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: Strangers on a Bridge | Statement: [James B. Donovan, authorOf, Strangers on a Bridge]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Strangers on a Bridge
Context triple: [James B. Donovan, authorOf, Strangers on a Bridge]
  • A. Facing the Bridge
    "Facing the Bridge" is a collection of surreal, linguistically playful short stories by Japanese-German writer Yoko Tawada that explore themes of language, identity, and cultural displacement.
  • B. The Needs of Strangers
    The Needs of Strangers is a philosophical work by Michael Ignatieff that explores the nature of human needs, dignity, and the moral responsibilities of modern welfare societies.
  • C. Mistaken for Strangers
    "Mistaken for Strangers" is a song by American indie rock band The National, known for its driving rhythm and introspective lyrics, from their critically acclaimed album "Boxer."
  • D. Night of the Bridges
    Night of the Bridges was a coordinated 1946 Palmach operation in Mandatory Palestine that sabotaged key bridges to disrupt British transportation and demonstrate Jewish resistance.
  • E. The Deliberate Stranger
    The Deliberate Stranger is a 1986 television miniseries dramatizing the crimes and capture of serial killer Ted Bundy, starring Mark Harmon and JoBeth Williams.
  • 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: Strangers on a Bridge
Triple: [James B. Donovan, authorOf, Strangers on a Bridge]
Generated description
Strangers on a Bridge is a nonfiction memoir by lawyer James B. Donovan recounting his role in negotiating the Cold War prisoner exchange of Soviet spy Rudolf Abel and U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Strangers on a Bridge
Target entity description: Strangers on a Bridge is a nonfiction memoir by lawyer James B. Donovan recounting his role in negotiating the Cold War prisoner exchange of Soviet spy Rudolf Abel and U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers.
  • A. Facing the Bridge
    "Facing the Bridge" is a collection of surreal, linguistically playful short stories by Japanese-German writer Yoko Tawada that explore themes of language, identity, and cultural displacement.
  • B. The Needs of Strangers
    The Needs of Strangers is a philosophical work by Michael Ignatieff that explores the nature of human needs, dignity, and the moral responsibilities of modern welfare societies.
  • C. Mistaken for Strangers
    "Mistaken for Strangers" is a song by American indie rock band The National, known for its driving rhythm and introspective lyrics, from their critically acclaimed album "Boxer."
  • D. Night of the Bridges
    Night of the Bridges was a coordinated 1946 Palmach operation in Mandatory Palestine that sabotaged key bridges to disrupt British transportation and demonstrate Jewish resistance.
  • E. The Deliberate Stranger
    The Deliberate Stranger is a 1986 television miniseries dramatizing the crimes and capture of serial killer Ted Bundy, starring Mark Harmon and JoBeth Williams.
  • 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_69f6a77ba20081908f72f46f64382fca completed May 3, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:40 p.m.