Triple

T16035646
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Left Hand of Darkness E388962 entity
Predicate coverArtist P184 FINISHED
Object Leo Dillon
Leo Dillon was an acclaimed American illustrator and artist, best known for his collaborative work with his wife Diane Dillon on distinctive, award-winning book covers and children's book illustrations.
E1190632 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: Leo Dillon | Statement: [The Left Hand of Darkness, coverArtist, Leo Dillon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leo Dillon
Context triple: [The Left Hand of Darkness, coverArtist, Leo Dillon]
  • A. Robert Shayne
    Robert Shayne was an American character actor best known for playing Inspector Henderson on the 1950s television series "Adventures of Superman."
  • B. Dermot Walsh
    Dermot Walsh was an Irish-born actor best known for his work in British film and television from the 1940s through the 1970s.
  • C. Malachy Doyle
    Malachy Doyle is a central character in the Canadian television crime-comedy series "Republic of Doyle," known for his involvement in the show's family-run private investigation business in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
  • D. Dermot McDermott
    Dermot McDermott is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname McDermott, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
  • E. Johnny McDaid
    Johnny McDaid is a Northern Irish musician, songwriter, and producer best known as a member of the band Snow Patrol and for his extensive songwriting work with major pop artists.
  • 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: Leo Dillon
Triple: [The Left Hand of Darkness, coverArtist, Leo Dillon]
Generated description
Leo Dillon was an acclaimed American illustrator and artist, best known for his collaborative work with his wife Diane Dillon on distinctive, award-winning book covers and children's book illustrations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leo Dillon
Target entity description: Leo Dillon was an acclaimed American illustrator and artist, best known for his collaborative work with his wife Diane Dillon on distinctive, award-winning book covers and children's book illustrations.
  • A. Robert Shayne
    Robert Shayne was an American character actor best known for playing Inspector Henderson on the 1950s television series "Adventures of Superman."
  • B. Dermot Walsh
    Dermot Walsh was an Irish-born actor best known for his work in British film and television from the 1940s through the 1970s.
  • C. Malachy Doyle
    Malachy Doyle is a central character in the Canadian television crime-comedy series "Republic of Doyle," known for his involvement in the show's family-run private investigation business in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
  • D. Dermot McDermott
    Dermot McDermott is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname McDermott, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
  • E. Johnny McDaid
    Johnny McDaid is a Northern Irish musician, songwriter, and producer best known as a member of the band Snow Patrol and for his extensive songwriting work with major pop artists.
  • 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_69d86dada3808190825d5f80d72fbe88 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e1833b84608190887dafda5d081dc0 completed April 17, 2026, 12:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffdbd3a1248190ad055892cebde5f0 completed May 10, 2026, 1:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffdc5fd30c8190aaf66482f24285b4 completed May 10, 2026, 1:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffdd0392e08190af42a0cdc5dd4c1f completed May 10, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:56 a.m.