Triple

T15823995
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hostage E383686 entity
Predicate authorOfSourceWork P2353 FINISHED
Object Robert Crais
Robert Crais is an American crime fiction author best known for his Elvis Cole and Joe Pike detective novels and for writing the novel "Hostage," which was adapted into a major film.
E1222125 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: Robert Crais | Statement: [Hostage, authorOfSourceWork, Robert Crais]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Crais
Context triple: [Hostage, authorOfSourceWork, Robert Crais]
  • A. Michael Connelly
    Michael Connelly is a bestselling American crime fiction author best known for his Harry Bosch and Lincoln Lawyer series.
  • B. James Lee Burke
    James Lee Burke is an acclaimed American crime novelist best known for his Dave Robicheaux series and richly atmospheric, character-driven mysteries set in the American South.
  • C. Jeff Lindsay
    Jeff Lindsay is an American novelist best known for creating the character Dexter Morgan in the crime thriller series that inspired the television show "Dexter."
  • D. Jeffery Deaver
    Jeffery Deaver is an American mystery and thriller author best known for his Lincoln Rhyme series and for writing a James Bond novel, "Carte Blanche."
  • E. Robert A. R. Parker
    Robert A. R. Parker was a NASA astronaut and astrophysicist who flew on two Space Shuttle missions and contributed significantly to space-based scientific research.
  • 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: Robert Crais
Triple: [Hostage, authorOfSourceWork, Robert Crais]
Generated description
Robert Crais is an American crime fiction author best known for his Elvis Cole and Joe Pike detective novels and for writing the novel "Hostage," which was adapted into a major film.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Crais
Target entity description: Robert Crais is an American crime fiction author best known for his Elvis Cole and Joe Pike detective novels and for writing the novel "Hostage," which was adapted into a major film.
  • A. Michael Connelly
    Michael Connelly is a bestselling American crime fiction author best known for his Harry Bosch and Lincoln Lawyer series.
  • B. James Lee Burke
    James Lee Burke is an acclaimed American crime novelist best known for his Dave Robicheaux series and richly atmospheric, character-driven mysteries set in the American South.
  • C. Jeff Lindsay
    Jeff Lindsay is an American novelist best known for creating the character Dexter Morgan in the crime thriller series that inspired the television show "Dexter."
  • D. Jeffery Deaver
    Jeffery Deaver is an American mystery and thriller author best known for his Lincoln Rhyme series and for writing a James Bond novel, "Carte Blanche."
  • E. Robert A. R. Parker
    Robert A. R. Parker was a NASA astronaut and astrophysicist who flew on two Space Shuttle missions and contributed significantly to space-based scientific research.
  • 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_69d86da34c888190976e06c4019d415a completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e11e5f46748190acb46cc482501307 completed April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00758380d08190bfe73d3e052c1f0a completed May 10, 2026, 12:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0075fbae188190997691533b43ff69 completed May 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0076d825ac81909647fb82b4a6914e completed May 10, 2026, 12:15 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:49 a.m.