Triple
T1714880
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters |
E37267
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Joan Didion
Joan Didion was an influential American writer and essayist renowned for her incisive explorations of contemporary culture, politics, and personal grief.
|
E192829
|
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: Joan Didion | Statement: [National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, notableRecipient, Joan Didion]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joan Didion Context triple: [National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, notableRecipient, Joan Didion]
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A.
Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag was an American writer, cultural critic, and public intellectual known for her influential essays on photography, illness, art, and politics.
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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.
Kay Boyle
Kay Boyle was an American writer and political activist associated with the Lost Generation, known for her experimental fiction, poetry, and short stories set in Europe between the World Wars.
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D.
Ellen Goodman
Ellen Goodman is an American journalist and syndicated columnist renowned for her insightful commentary on social issues, feminism, and contemporary culture.
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E.
Truman Capote
Truman Capote was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist best known for works like "In Cold Blood" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's," which helped pioneer the true crime genre and cemented his status as a major literary figure of the 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: Joan Didion Triple: [National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, notableRecipient, Joan Didion]
Generated description
Joan Didion was an influential American writer and essayist renowned for her incisive explorations of contemporary culture, politics, and personal grief.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joan Didion Target entity description: Joan Didion was an influential American writer and essayist renowned for her incisive explorations of contemporary culture, politics, and personal grief.
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A.
Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag was an American writer, cultural critic, and public intellectual known for her influential essays on photography, illness, art, and politics.
-
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.
Kay Boyle
Kay Boyle was an American writer and political activist associated with the Lost Generation, known for her experimental fiction, poetry, and short stories set in Europe between the World Wars.
-
D.
Ellen Goodman
Ellen Goodman is an American journalist and syndicated columnist renowned for her insightful commentary on social issues, feminism, and contemporary culture.
-
E.
Truman Capote
Truman Capote was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist best known for works like "In Cold Blood" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's," which helped pioneer the true crime genre and cemented his status as a major literary figure of the 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_69a8861912dc8190931af43b4b9158a7 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa633349248190822e560fde817fc7 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:16 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad8ae10a048190b7a39e4fb4fbe224 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:42 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad957adf1c8190b7c8656c1984f998 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:27 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad97af6b388190b2af293599108df3 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:37 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:30 p.m.