Triple
T14892267
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Zuckerman Unbound |
E359780
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCharacter |
P2308
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Nathan Zuckerman's father
Nathan Zuckerman's father is a fictional Jewish patriarch in Philip Roth’s Zuckerman novels, embodying the generational and cultural tensions that shape Nathan’s identity and career as a writer.
|
E1142394
|
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: Nathan Zuckerman's father | Statement: [Zuckerman Unbound, hasCharacter, Nathan Zuckerman's father]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nathan Zuckerman's father Context triple: [Zuckerman Unbound, hasCharacter, Nathan Zuckerman's father]
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A.
Nathan Zuckerman
Nathan Zuckerman is a recurring fictional alter-ego and narrator in Philip Roth’s novels, through whom Roth explores themes of identity, authorship, and Jewish-American life.
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B.
Mr. Lippman
Mr. Lippman is a fictional book editor and Elaine Benes’s boss at the New York publishing house Pendant Publishing on the sitcom "Seinfeld."
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C.
Bernard Waldman
Bernard Waldman was an American physicist who played a key role in the development and deployment of the first atomic bombs during World War II.
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D.
Benjy Eisen
Benjy Eisen is a music journalist and author best known for co-writing memoirs with Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann.
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E.
Alexander Portnoy
Alexander Portnoy is the neurotic, sexually obsessed Jewish protagonist of Philip Roth’s novel and its film adaptation, whose confessional monologue explores guilt, desire, and identity.
- 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: Nathan Zuckerman's father Triple: [Zuckerman Unbound, hasCharacter, Nathan Zuckerman's father]
Generated description
Nathan Zuckerman's father is a fictional Jewish patriarch in Philip Roth’s Zuckerman novels, embodying the generational and cultural tensions that shape Nathan’s identity and career as a writer.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nathan Zuckerman's father Target entity description: Nathan Zuckerman's father is a fictional Jewish patriarch in Philip Roth’s Zuckerman novels, embodying the generational and cultural tensions that shape Nathan’s identity and career as a writer.
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A.
Nathan Zuckerman
Nathan Zuckerman is a recurring fictional alter-ego and narrator in Philip Roth’s novels, through whom Roth explores themes of identity, authorship, and Jewish-American life.
-
B.
Mr. Lippman
Mr. Lippman is a fictional book editor and Elaine Benes’s boss at the New York publishing house Pendant Publishing on the sitcom "Seinfeld."
-
C.
Bernard Waldman
Bernard Waldman was an American physicist who played a key role in the development and deployment of the first atomic bombs during World War II.
-
D.
Benjy Eisen
Benjy Eisen is a music journalist and author best known for co-writing memoirs with Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann.
-
E.
Alexander Portnoy
Alexander Portnoy is the neurotic, sexually obsessed Jewish protagonist of Philip Roth’s novel and its film adaptation, whose confessional monologue explores guilt, desire, and identity.
- 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_69fec870cea08190962434fc2647fd67 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 5:38 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fec93109c08190a3499e4520e31604 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 5:42 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fecc6fa8f88190aa6956e6e2b1f8ab |
completed | May 9, 2026, 5:55 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:10 a.m.