Triple
T13286285
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Second City (Chicago) |
E316452
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Howard Alk |
E1117003
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Howard Alk | Statement: [The Second City (Chicago), foundedBy, Howard Alk]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Alk Context triple: [The Second City (Chicago), foundedBy, Howard Alk]
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A.
Howard Alk
chosen
Howard Alk was an American filmmaker and editor closely associated with the Chicago counterculture and music scenes, known for his work on documentaries including several with Bob Dylan.
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B.
Howard Bilerman
Howard Bilerman is a Canadian drummer, audio engineer, and record producer best known for his work with Arcade Fire and numerous influential indie rock recordings.
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C.
Howard Rosenman
Howard Rosenman is an American film producer known for his work on popular Hollywood movies and for helping bring LGBTQ themes into mainstream cinema.
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D.
James Altman
James Altman is the son of American lawyer and video game executive Robert A. Altman.
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E.
Vern Schillinger
Vern Schillinger is a fictional white supremacist prison leader and one of the primary antagonists on the HBO series "Oz," portrayed by actor J.K. Simmons.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d806b349908190a9a61dd9323bf153 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d990759ebc8190a9487a59e37a69e2 |
completed | April 11, 2026, 12:06 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff2189c1cc819080dc296b17e42374 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 11:59 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:27 p.m.