Triple
T13618802
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William T. Vollmann |
E325393
|
entity |
| Predicate | awardReceived |
P11
|
FINISHED |
| Object | PEN Center USA West Award for Fiction |
E71283
|
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: PEN Center USA West Award for Fiction | Statement: [William T. Vollmann, awardReceived, PEN Center USA West Award for Fiction]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PEN Center USA West Award for Fiction Context triple: [William T. Vollmann, awardReceived, PEN Center USA West Award for Fiction]
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A.
PEN West Award
chosen
The PEN West Award is a regional literary honor presented by PEN Center USA to recognize outstanding writing and contributions to literature in the Western United States.
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B.
PEN/Edward Bunker Prize for Fiction
The PEN/Edward Bunker Prize for Fiction is a literary award presented by PEN America that honors outstanding fiction, often recognizing work that reflects the spirit and legacy of crime writer and former convict Edward Bunker.
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C.
PEN New England Award
The PEN New England Award is a regional literary prize presented by the PEN New England branch to honor outstanding works of writing and promote literary excellence.
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D.
PEN Center USA Freedom to Write Award
The PEN Center USA Freedom to Write Award is a literary honor recognizing writers who demonstrate exceptional courage and commitment to free expression, often in the face of political or social adversity.
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E.
PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction
The PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction was a prestigious literary prize honoring outstanding debut works of nonfiction.
- 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_69d8076aae28819092cf636190ee5529 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dbb0ae77e0819081e3b14642460dc6 |
completed | April 12, 2026, 2:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f77fa0b81c819094e2fa209ef9857c |
completed | May 3, 2026, 5:02 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:50 p.m.