Triple

T14945756
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert Tanenbaum E372652 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Material Witness
"Material Witness" is a legal thriller novel by Robert Tanenbaum featuring prosecutor Butch Karp as he navigates a complex, politically charged murder case.
E1128131 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: Material Witness | Statement: [Robert Tanenbaum, notableWork, Material Witness]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Material Witness
Context triple: [Robert Tanenbaum, notableWork, Material Witness]
  • A. Mute Witness
    Mute Witness is a 1963 crime novel by Robert L. Fish that introduced the character of San Francisco police lieutenant Frank Bullitt, later made famous by the 1968 film adaptation starring Steve McQueen.
  • B. Witness in the Dark
    Witness in the Dark is a 1959 British crime thriller film about a blind woman who becomes the target of a killer after overhearing a murder.
  • C. On the Witness Stand
    On the Witness Stand is a pioneering early 20th-century book on forensic psychology that examines the reliability of eyewitness testimony and the application of psychological principles to legal proceedings.
  • D. I-Witness
    I-Witness is a long-running Philippine television documentary program known for its in-depth investigative reports and human-interest stories produced by GMA News and Public Affairs.
  • E. Bear Witness
    "Bear Witness" is a song by the American indie rock band Lord Huron from their album "Strange Trails."
  • 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: Material Witness
Triple: [Robert Tanenbaum, notableWork, Material Witness]
Generated description
"Material Witness" is a legal thriller novel by Robert Tanenbaum featuring prosecutor Butch Karp as he navigates a complex, politically charged murder case.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Material Witness
Target entity description: "Material Witness" is a legal thriller novel by Robert Tanenbaum featuring prosecutor Butch Karp as he navigates a complex, politically charged murder case.
  • A. Mute Witness
    Mute Witness is a 1963 crime novel by Robert L. Fish that introduced the character of San Francisco police lieutenant Frank Bullitt, later made famous by the 1968 film adaptation starring Steve McQueen.
  • B. Witness in the Dark
    Witness in the Dark is a 1959 British crime thriller film about a blind woman who becomes the target of a killer after overhearing a murder.
  • C. On the Witness Stand
    On the Witness Stand is a pioneering early 20th-century book on forensic psychology that examines the reliability of eyewitness testimony and the application of psychological principles to legal proceedings.
  • D. I-Witness
    I-Witness is a long-running Philippine television documentary program known for its in-depth investigative reports and human-interest stories produced by GMA News and Public Affairs.
  • E. Bear Witness
    "Bear Witness" is a song by the American indie rock band Lord Huron from their album "Strange Trails."
  • 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_69d85cca979481908747d2a81eba1cea completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded68d20048190a403af85fe43dede completed April 15, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe7e963c548190b3a06ffbbb3298b2 completed May 9, 2026, 12:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe807eaa208190a478f0d0599ef695 completed May 9, 2026, 12:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe811c14448190b85d94244adcd662 completed May 9, 2026, 12:34 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:39 a.m.