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]
  • 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
  • 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.