Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Defending Jacob (miniseries) E315261 entity
Predicate basedOnWorkAuthor P2806 FINISHED
Object William Landay
William Landay is an American novelist best known for his crime thriller "Defending Jacob," which was adapted into a television miniseries.
E1030151 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: William Landay | Statement: [Defending Jacob (miniseries), basedOnWorkAuthor, William Landay]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Landay
Context triple: [Defending Jacob (miniseries), basedOnWorkAuthor, William Landay]
  • A. Peter Tolan
    Peter Tolan is an American television producer, writer, and director best known for co-creating the series "Rescue Me" and his extensive work on comedy and drama shows.
  • B. James C. Strouse
    James C. Strouse is an American screenwriter and director known for character-driven independent films such as "Grace Is Gone," "The Winning Season," and "The Hollars."
  • C. Douglas Abrams
    Douglas Abrams is an American author, editor, and literary agent best known for co-authoring spiritually focused, conversational books with prominent religious leaders such as the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu.
  • D. Andrew W. Marlowe
    Andrew W. Marlowe is an American screenwriter and television producer best known for creating the crime-comedy drama series "Castle."
  • E. Douglas Meyer
    Douglas Meyer is a theatrical producer best known for his work on the Broadway musical adaptation of "The Wedding Singer."
  • 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: William Landay
Triple: [Defending Jacob (miniseries), basedOnWorkAuthor, William Landay]
Generated description
William Landay is an American novelist best known for his crime thriller "Defending Jacob," which was adapted into a television miniseries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Landay
Target entity description: William Landay is an American novelist best known for his crime thriller "Defending Jacob," which was adapted into a television miniseries.
  • A. Peter Tolan
    Peter Tolan is an American television producer, writer, and director best known for co-creating the series "Rescue Me" and his extensive work on comedy and drama shows.
  • B. James C. Strouse
    James C. Strouse is an American screenwriter and director known for character-driven independent films such as "Grace Is Gone," "The Winning Season," and "The Hollars."
  • C. Douglas Abrams
    Douglas Abrams is an American author, editor, and literary agent best known for co-authoring spiritually focused, conversational books with prominent religious leaders such as the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu.
  • D. Andrew W. Marlowe
    Andrew W. Marlowe is an American screenwriter and television producer best known for creating the crime-comedy drama series "Castle."
  • E. Douglas Meyer
    Douglas Meyer is a theatrical producer best known for his work on the Broadway musical adaptation of "The Wedding Singer."
  • 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_69d806b1072881909e46bd212259c5f0 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d98d5850ac8190849a51da39efe5be completed April 10, 2026, 11:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f70a38d09881909e8e3c32e9b1746e completed May 3, 2026, 8:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f70b117c588190bb81ff53664cac4a completed May 3, 2026, 8:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f70c04da34819091e01db25741674e completed May 3, 2026, 8:49 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:23 p.m.