Triple

T13076815
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Desmond (surname) E329598 entity
Predicate notableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Matthew Desmond
Matthew Desmond is an American sociologist and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for his work on poverty and housing, particularly the book "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City."
E1020014 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: Matthew Desmond | Statement: [Desmond (surname), notableBearer, Matthew Desmond]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matthew Desmond
Context triple: [Desmond (surname), notableBearer, Matthew Desmond]
  • A. Michael Bonvillain
    Michael Bonvillain is an American cinematographer known for his work on films and television series, including genre projects like From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter.
  • B. Jelani Kilpatrick
    Jelani Kilpatrick is known as one of the sons of former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
  • C. Michelle Alexander
    Michelle Alexander is an American civil rights lawyer, legal scholar, and author best known for her influential book "The New Jim Crow," which critiques mass incarceration and racial injustice in the United States.
  • D. Eric Klinenberg
    Eric Klinenberg is an American sociologist and author known for his work on urbanism, social isolation, and contemporary social life.
  • E. Dominique Dibbell
    Dominique Dibbell is an American writer, performer, and founding member of the feminist lesbian theater collective The Five Lesbian Brothers.
  • 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: Matthew Desmond
Triple: [Desmond (surname), notableBearer, Matthew Desmond]
Generated description
Matthew Desmond is an American sociologist and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for his work on poverty and housing, particularly the book "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matthew Desmond
Target entity description: Matthew Desmond is an American sociologist and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for his work on poverty and housing, particularly the book "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City."
  • A. Michael Bonvillain
    Michael Bonvillain is an American cinematographer known for his work on films and television series, including genre projects like From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter.
  • B. Jelani Kilpatrick
    Jelani Kilpatrick is known as one of the sons of former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
  • C. Michelle Alexander
    Michelle Alexander is an American civil rights lawyer, legal scholar, and author best known for her influential book "The New Jim Crow," which critiques mass incarceration and racial injustice in the United States.
  • D. Eric Klinenberg
    Eric Klinenberg is an American sociologist and author known for his work on urbanism, social isolation, and contemporary social life.
  • E. Dominique Dibbell
    Dominique Dibbell is an American writer, performer, and founding member of the feminist lesbian theater collective The Five Lesbian Brothers.
  • 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_69d80771749c81909a6d9197b9504872 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9811828448190ac6ddd3e9c221251 completed April 10, 2026, 11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6d60aaac48190b5b724a19cad5279 completed May 3, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6da9ed7bc8190b1a451ea2ada811d completed May 3, 2026, 5:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6db6950b08190a868c9371ff0a34e completed May 3, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:01 p.m.