Triple

T14880328
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jack Gladney E349982 entity
Predicate hasAlias P455 FINISHED
Object J. A. K. Gladney
J. A. K. Gladney is the middle-aged professor of Hitler studies and anxious family man who serves as the protagonist of Don DeLillo’s novel "White Noise."
E1125656 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: J. A. K. Gladney | Statement: [Jack Gladney, hasAlias, J. A. K. Gladney]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. A. K. Gladney
Context triple: [Jack Gladney, hasAlias, J. A. K. Gladney]
  • A. Paul Gladney
    Paul Gladney, better known as Paul Mooney, was an influential American comedian, writer, and actor renowned for his sharp, provocative commentary on race and social issues.
  • B. Charles Van Dell Johnson
    Charles Van Dell Johnson, better known as Van Johnson, was a popular American film and television actor prominent in the 1940s and 1950s, especially known for his roles in MGM musicals and war dramas.
  • C. Wilder Gladney
    Wilder Gladney is an individual known primarily as the sibling of Steffie Gladney.
  • D. Charles E. Fuller
    Charles E. Fuller was an influential American evangelical radio preacher and Christian leader whose ministry and vision led to the establishment of Fuller Theological Seminary.
  • E. M.C. Richards
    M.C. Richards was an American poet, potter, and educator best known for her influential role in the avant-garde arts community at Black Mountain College and her seminal book "Centering in Pottery, Poetry, and the Person."
  • 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: J. A. K. Gladney
Triple: [Jack Gladney, hasAlias, J. A. K. Gladney]
Generated description
J. A. K. Gladney is the middle-aged professor of Hitler studies and anxious family man who serves as the protagonist of Don DeLillo’s novel "White Noise."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. A. K. Gladney
Target entity description: J. A. K. Gladney is the middle-aged professor of Hitler studies and anxious family man who serves as the protagonist of Don DeLillo’s novel "White Noise."
  • A. Paul Gladney
    Paul Gladney, better known as Paul Mooney, was an influential American comedian, writer, and actor renowned for his sharp, provocative commentary on race and social issues.
  • B. Charles Van Dell Johnson
    Charles Van Dell Johnson, better known as Van Johnson, was a popular American film and television actor prominent in the 1940s and 1950s, especially known for his roles in MGM musicals and war dramas.
  • C. Wilder Gladney
    Wilder Gladney is an individual known primarily as the sibling of Steffie Gladney.
  • D. Charles E. Fuller
    Charles E. Fuller was an influential American evangelical radio preacher and Christian leader whose ministry and vision led to the establishment of Fuller Theological Seminary.
  • E. M.C. Richards
    M.C. Richards was an American poet, potter, and educator best known for her influential role in the avant-garde arts community at Black Mountain College and her seminal book "Centering in Pottery, Poetry, and the Person."
  • 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_69d822ee4f408190b6ac3b2fa434f0df completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded5e622388190b2bf91cd10b9821d completed April 15, 2026, 12:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe6b591f3c81909ea8a9217d96e0d2 completed May 8, 2026, 11:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe6c55d6b88190b0f57009be962194 completed May 8, 2026, 11:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe6e56e7e88190b70497e168d707de completed May 8, 2026, 11:14 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:55 a.m.