Triple
T14013608
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Shadow |
E337149
|
entity |
| Predicate | characterCreatedBy |
P40162
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Walter B. Gibson
Walter B. Gibson was an American writer and magician best known for creating and extensively writing the pulp adventures of the crime-fighting character The Shadow.
|
E1073107
|
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: Walter B. Gibson | Statement: [The Shadow, characterCreatedBy, Walter B. Gibson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter B. Gibson Context triple: [The Shadow, characterCreatedBy, Walter B. Gibson]
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A.
H. C. K. Wyld
H. C. K. Wyld was a British philologist and historical linguist known for his influential work on the history and development of the English language.
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B.
E. V. Cunningham
E. V. Cunningham was the crime-fiction pen name of American novelist Howard Fast, under which he wrote a series of popular mystery and detective novels.
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C.
Edward E. Smith
Edward E. Smith was an American science fiction author best known for his pioneering space opera novels, particularly the Lensman and Skylark series.
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D.
Fletcher Pratt
Fletcher Pratt was an American science fiction and fantasy author and military historian known for his influential collaborations and imaginative speculative works in the mid-20th century.
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E.
J. G. Fletcher
J. G. Fletcher was a writer or poet who contributed work to the influential early 20th-century Imagist poetry anthology "Des Imagistes."
- 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: Walter B. Gibson Triple: [The Shadow, characterCreatedBy, Walter B. Gibson]
Generated description
Walter B. Gibson was an American writer and magician best known for creating and extensively writing the pulp adventures of the crime-fighting character The Shadow.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter B. Gibson Target entity description: Walter B. Gibson was an American writer and magician best known for creating and extensively writing the pulp adventures of the crime-fighting character The Shadow.
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A.
H. C. K. Wyld
H. C. K. Wyld was a British philologist and historical linguist known for his influential work on the history and development of the English language.
-
B.
E. V. Cunningham
E. V. Cunningham was the crime-fiction pen name of American novelist Howard Fast, under which he wrote a series of popular mystery and detective novels.
-
C.
Edward E. Smith
Edward E. Smith was an American science fiction author best known for his pioneering space opera novels, particularly the Lensman and Skylark series.
-
D.
Fletcher Pratt
Fletcher Pratt was an American science fiction and fantasy author and military historian known for his influential collaborations and imaginative speculative works in the mid-20th century.
-
E.
J. G. Fletcher
J. G. Fletcher was a writer or poet who contributed work to the influential early 20th-century Imagist poetry anthology "Des Imagistes."
- 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_69d81c645c5c8190b1fd16a285a1b78a |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de2f37d11481909159bdb9e1e8d38e |
completed | April 14, 2026, 12:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fbacaa16e88190995fd86951fb54e6 |
completed | May 6, 2026, 9:03 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fbada0a2408190b77d163aee17400e |
completed | May 6, 2026, 9:07 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fbaeeeb594819087b57da166495a72 |
completed | May 6, 2026, 9:13 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:19 p.m.