Triple
T14892009
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | American Pastoral |
E359774
|
entity |
| Predicate | protagonist |
P268
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Seymour "Swede" Levov
Seymour "Swede" Levov is a successful, seemingly all-American businessman whose life unravels amid political and social upheaval in Philip Roth’s novel American Pastoral.
|
E1124716
|
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: Seymour "Swede" Levov | Statement: [American Pastoral, protagonist, Seymour "Swede" Levov]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Seymour "Swede" Levov Context triple: [American Pastoral, protagonist, Seymour "Swede" Levov]
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A.
Seymour Weiss
Seymour Weiss was an American diplomat and foreign policy advisor known for his influential roles in U.S. national security and international affairs during the Cold War era.
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B.
Seymour Krelborn
Seymour Krelborn is the meek, plant-loving florist’s assistant who becomes entangled with a man-eating plant in the musical and film "Little Shop of Horrors."
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C.
Hyman Hurwitz
Hyman Hurwitz was a 19th-century Hebrew scholar and educator, known as the first Professor of Hebrew at University College London and for his influential works on Hebrew language and literature.
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D.
Seymour Horowitz
Seymour Horowitz, better known professionally as Cy Howard, was an American producer, director, and writer noted for his work in radio, film, and television comedy.
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E.
Hyman Bloom
Hyman Bloom was a Latvian-born American painter known for his expressive, often mystical figurative works and his influential role in the mid-20th-century Boston Expressionist movement.
- 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: Seymour "Swede" Levov Triple: [American Pastoral, protagonist, Seymour "Swede" Levov]
Generated description
Seymour "Swede" Levov is a successful, seemingly all-American businessman whose life unravels amid political and social upheaval in Philip Roth’s novel American Pastoral.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Seymour "Swede" Levov Target entity description: Seymour "Swede" Levov is a successful, seemingly all-American businessman whose life unravels amid political and social upheaval in Philip Roth’s novel American Pastoral.
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A.
Seymour Weiss
Seymour Weiss was an American diplomat and foreign policy advisor known for his influential roles in U.S. national security and international affairs during the Cold War era.
-
B.
Seymour Krelborn
Seymour Krelborn is the meek, plant-loving florist’s assistant who becomes entangled with a man-eating plant in the musical and film "Little Shop of Horrors."
-
C.
Hyman Hurwitz
Hyman Hurwitz was a 19th-century Hebrew scholar and educator, known as the first Professor of Hebrew at University College London and for his influential works on Hebrew language and literature.
-
D.
Seymour Horowitz
Seymour Horowitz, better known professionally as Cy Howard, was an American producer, director, and writer noted for his work in radio, film, and television comedy.
-
E.
Hyman Bloom
Hyman Bloom was a Latvian-born American painter known for his expressive, often mystical figurative works and his influential role in the mid-20th-century Boston Expressionist movement.
- 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_69d827980cbc8190a0c569ae3940a1d9 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ded5f883288190af602633fa7d6860 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 12:04 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fe6b65ac5c81908691de1161d07de0 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 11:01 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fe6c68c46881909e7c748c0dff73d5 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 11:06 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fe6d1eea60819087ca2ebc7d0a8994 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 11:09 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:10 a.m.