Triple

T13710760
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Buffalo Mailer E328763 entity
Predicate sibling P363 FINISHED
Object Michael Mailer
Michael Mailer is an American film producer and director, known for his work on independent films and as the son of novelist Norman Mailer.
E1064126 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: Michael Mailer | Statement: [John Buffalo Mailer, sibling, Michael Mailer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Mailer
Context triple: [John Buffalo Mailer, sibling, Michael Mailer]
  • A. Norman Mailer
    Norman Mailer was a prominent American novelist, journalist, and essayist known for works like "The Naked and the Dead" and for co-founding The Village Voice.
  • B. John Buffalo Mailer
    John Buffalo Mailer is an American writer, actor, and producer, known for his work in theater, film, and political commentary.
  • C. Norris Church Mailer
    Norris Church Mailer was an American novelist, memoirist, and former model and actress, best known for her autobiographical writings and for her long marriage to author Norman Mailer.
  • D. Howard Fast
    Howard Fast was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his historical and politically charged works, including the novel that inspired the film "Spartacus."
  • E. Eugene Burdick
    Eugene Burdick was an American political scientist, novelist, and co-author of influential Cold War-era political thrillers such as "Fail-Safe" and "The Ugly American."
  • 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: Michael Mailer
Triple: [John Buffalo Mailer, sibling, Michael Mailer]
Generated description
Michael Mailer is an American film producer and director, known for his work on independent films and as the son of novelist Norman Mailer.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Mailer
Target entity description: Michael Mailer is an American film producer and director, known for his work on independent films and as the son of novelist Norman Mailer.
  • A. Norman Mailer
    Norman Mailer was a prominent American novelist, journalist, and essayist known for works like "The Naked and the Dead" and for co-founding The Village Voice.
  • B. John Buffalo Mailer
    John Buffalo Mailer is an American writer, actor, and producer, known for his work in theater, film, and political commentary.
  • C. Norris Church Mailer
    Norris Church Mailer was an American novelist, memoirist, and former model and actress, best known for her autobiographical writings and for her long marriage to author Norman Mailer.
  • D. Howard Fast
    Howard Fast was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his historical and politically charged works, including the novel that inspired the film "Spartacus."
  • E. Eugene Burdick
    Eugene Burdick was an American political scientist, novelist, and co-author of influential Cold War-era political thrillers such as "Fail-Safe" and "The Ugly American."
  • 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_69d80770b9bc81909f70c8c317d53cff completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dd43949e6c8190ae5e4fa119cde33a completed April 13, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7b8cd0280819081c524660f3822f3 completed May 3, 2026, 9:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7b9d773f881908660e8a0645d318d completed May 3, 2026, 9:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7bbf47c888190be32a4105903120a completed May 3, 2026, 9:19 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:54 p.m.