Triple
T16252299
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Boys (Cannery Row) |
E394539
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMember |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Jones
Jones is a minor character in John Steinbeck’s novel "Cannery Row," portrayed as one of the down-and-out but good-natured men who frequent the area’s flophouses and hangouts.
|
E46350
|
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: Jones | Statement: [The Boys (Cannery Row), hasMember, Jones]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jones Context triple: [The Boys (Cannery Row), hasMember, Jones]
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A.
John
John is the given name of Sir John Colborne, a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada and later as Lord Seaton.
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B.
John
John St. Clair Drake was an influential American sociologist and anthropologist known for his pioneering studies of race relations and urban Black life.
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C.
John
John is the given name of Sir John Byron, an English nobleman and Royalist commander during the English Civil War.
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D.
John
John is the given name of John Conway, an Irish footballer born in 1948 who played as a winger.
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E.
John
John is the given name of John Albert William Spencer-Churchill, a British aristocrat and 10th Duke of Marlborough.
- 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: Jones Triple: [The Boys (Cannery Row), hasMember, Jones]
Generated description
Jones is a minor character in John Steinbeck’s novel "Cannery Row," portrayed as one of the down-and-out but good-natured men who frequent the area’s flophouses and hangouts.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jones Target entity description: Jones is a minor character in John Steinbeck’s novel "Cannery Row," portrayed as one of the down-and-out but good-natured men who frequent the area’s flophouses and hangouts.
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A.
Jones
chosen
Jones is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as entertainment, sports, politics, and science.
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B.
John
John is the given name of John Albert William Spencer-Churchill, a British aristocrat and 10th Duke of Marlborough.
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C.
John
John is the middle name of Samuel John Mills, an American Congregationalist minister known for his role in early 19th-century missionary movements.
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D.
John
John is the given name of John Eales, the renowned former Australian rugby union captain and World Cup winner.
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E.
John
John was a Portuguese royal who held the title of Prince of Brazil and later became King John VI of Portugal.
- F. None of above.
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_69d87f2171208190951025e526947816 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e24597b74481908fdb8175628a57a1 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a000ee788f88190b16d267f1eee6d62 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:51 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00113900c88190bf7f56ca4b16a84c |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:01 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0011d98f708190805c84d63ed79aaa |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:04 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:04 a.m.