Triple
T1679130
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Spartacus (1960 film) |
E36298
|
entity |
| Predicate | basedOn |
P98
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Howard Fast
Howard Fast was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his historical and politically charged works, including the novel that inspired the film "Spartacus."
|
E189957
|
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: Howard Fast | Statement: [Spartacus (1960 film), basedOn, Howard Fast]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Fast Context triple: [Spartacus (1960 film), basedOn, Howard Fast]
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A.
Samson Raphaelson
Samson Raphaelson was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his influential collaborations with director Ernst Lubitsch on classic Hollywood comedies.
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B.
Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer was a prominent American novelist, journalist, and essayist known for works like "The Naked and the Dead" and for co-founding The Village Voice.
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C.
Irving Morrow
Irving Morrow was an American architect best known for designing the Art Deco elements and iconic International Orange color scheme of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.
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D.
Wallace Thurman
Wallace Thurman was an American novelist, editor, and critic best known for his central role in the Harlem Renaissance and his novel "The Blacker the Berry."
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E.
Thomas Wolff
Thomas Wolff was an influential American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in harmonic analysis and partial differential equations.
- 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: Howard Fast Triple: [Spartacus (1960 film), basedOn, Howard Fast]
Generated description
Howard Fast was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his historical and politically charged works, including the novel that inspired the film "Spartacus."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Fast Target entity description: Howard Fast was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his historical and politically charged works, including the novel that inspired the film "Spartacus."
-
A.
Samson Raphaelson
Samson Raphaelson was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his influential collaborations with director Ernst Lubitsch on classic Hollywood comedies.
-
B.
Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer was a prominent American novelist, journalist, and essayist known for works like "The Naked and the Dead" and for co-founding The Village Voice.
-
C.
Irving Morrow
Irving Morrow was an American architect best known for designing the Art Deco elements and iconic International Orange color scheme of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.
-
D.
Wallace Thurman
Wallace Thurman was an American novelist, editor, and critic best known for his central role in the Harlem Renaissance and his novel "The Blacker the Berry."
-
E.
Thomas Wolff
Thomas Wolff was an influential American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in harmonic analysis and partial differential equations.
- 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_69a886139ed081909af0940aa9313512 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa6260afb881909a50e80c8211fa08 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad71bce0d48190ba3762fabd0bcdd6 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad724651e08190a77519ad21c64b23 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad72c405b081909bff8bf621e9baec |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:59 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.