Triple
T14528593
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | An American Tragedy |
E340843
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Clyde Griffiths
Clyde Griffiths is the ambitious yet morally conflicted protagonist of Theodore Dreiser’s novel "An American Tragedy," whose pursuit of social ascent leads to crime and downfall.
|
E1104222
|
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: Clyde Griffiths | Statement: [An American Tragedy, mainCharacter, Clyde Griffiths]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clyde Griffiths Context triple: [An American Tragedy, mainCharacter, Clyde Griffiths]
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A.
Joe Crozier
Joe Crozier was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman and coach best known for his long minor-league career and later coaching roles in the NHL and WHA.
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B.
Willie Clarke
Willie Clarke is a songwriter best known for his work in soul and R&B music, particularly in the Miami music scene.
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C.
Gordon Cowans
Gordon Cowans is a former English midfielder best known for his influential role in Aston Villa’s successful early-1980s side, including their 1980–81 league title and 1982 European Cup triumph.
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D.
Victor Campbell
Victor Campbell was a Royal Navy officer and polar explorer best known for leading the Northern Party during Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Antarctic expedition.
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E.
Bill McKechnie
Bill McKechnie was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball manager renowned for leading multiple teams to World Series titles during the early 20th century.
- 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: Clyde Griffiths Triple: [An American Tragedy, mainCharacter, Clyde Griffiths]
Generated description
Clyde Griffiths is the ambitious yet morally conflicted protagonist of Theodore Dreiser’s novel "An American Tragedy," whose pursuit of social ascent leads to crime and downfall.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clyde Griffiths Target entity description: Clyde Griffiths is the ambitious yet morally conflicted protagonist of Theodore Dreiser’s novel "An American Tragedy," whose pursuit of social ascent leads to crime and downfall.
-
A.
Joe Crozier
Joe Crozier was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman and coach best known for his long minor-league career and later coaching roles in the NHL and WHA.
-
B.
Willie Clarke
Willie Clarke is a songwriter best known for his work in soul and R&B music, particularly in the Miami music scene.
-
C.
Gordon Cowans
Gordon Cowans is a former English midfielder best known for his influential role in Aston Villa’s successful early-1980s side, including their 1980–81 league title and 1982 European Cup triumph.
-
D.
Victor Campbell
Victor Campbell was a Royal Navy officer and polar explorer best known for leading the Northern Party during Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Antarctic expedition.
-
E.
Bill McKechnie
Bill McKechnie was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball manager renowned for leading multiple teams to World Series titles during the early 20th century.
- 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_69d822dac79c8190a84a073f3cbaced5 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dea051bc608190ad4d516c5e7bca43 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 8:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd7a547c408190a1a19e12aac1d5bd |
completed | May 8, 2026, 5:53 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd7be2dc0c8190b8950a1f43ce13ab |
completed | May 8, 2026, 6 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd7c6422e08190b149efdf58c3572a |
completed | May 8, 2026, 6:02 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:22 a.m.