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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • D. James Altman
    James Altman is the son of American lawyer and video game executive Robert A. Altman.
  • 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.