Triple
T16835697
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Herman Wouk |
E409271
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Wouk
Wouk is the surname of Herman Wouk, the Pulitzer Prize–winning American novelist best known for works such as "The Caine Mutiny" and "The Winds of War."
|
E1237404
|
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: Wouk | Statement: [Herman Wouk, familyName, Wouk]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wouk Context triple: [Herman Wouk, familyName, Wouk]
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A.
Oscar Broneer
Oscar Broneer was a Swedish-American archaeologist best known for his excavations in Greece, particularly at the sanctuary of Poseidon at Isthmia.
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B.
Seymour Nebenzal
Seymour Nebenzal was a prominent German-American film producer known for his work in Weimar cinema and later in Hollywood, including influential films such as Fritz Lang’s "M."
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C.
Joseph Goreed
Joseph Goreed, better known as Joe Williams, was an acclaimed American jazz and blues singer renowned for his rich baritone voice and work with the Count Basie Orchestra.
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D.
Theodore Van Kirk
Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk was the American navigator of the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima during World War II.
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E.
Seymour Kaufman
Seymour Kaufman, better known as Cy Coleman, was an American composer and songwriter celebrated for his work on numerous hit Broadway musicals and popular songs in the mid-20th century.
- 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: Wouk Triple: [Herman Wouk, familyName, Wouk]
Generated description
Wouk is the surname of Herman Wouk, the Pulitzer Prize–winning American novelist best known for works such as "The Caine Mutiny" and "The Winds of War."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wouk Target entity description: Wouk is the surname of Herman Wouk, the Pulitzer Prize–winning American novelist best known for works such as "The Caine Mutiny" and "The Winds of War."
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A.
Oscar Broneer
Oscar Broneer was a Swedish-American archaeologist best known for his excavations in Greece, particularly at the sanctuary of Poseidon at Isthmia.
-
B.
Seymour Nebenzal
Seymour Nebenzal was a prominent German-American film producer known for his work in Weimar cinema and later in Hollywood, including influential films such as Fritz Lang’s "M."
-
C.
Joseph Goreed
Joseph Goreed, better known as Joe Williams, was an acclaimed American jazz and blues singer renowned for his rich baritone voice and work with the Count Basie Orchestra.
-
D.
Theodore Van Kirk
Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk was the American navigator of the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima during World War II.
-
E.
Seymour Kaufman
Seymour Kaufman, better known as Cy Coleman, was an American composer and songwriter celebrated for his work on numerous hit Broadway musicals and popular songs in the mid-20th century.
- 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_69d883952b048190887740a980b712ed |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:59 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3b34d49d08190aa62f05d67244584 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 4:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00bb15c9f48190a4d73bb08a15beb4 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:06 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00bc4cdf8481909ad45b9c66234c9b |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:11 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00bcfcb434819092b85ce1debb9be8 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:14 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:23 a.m.