Triple
T17209677
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Donald Ray Pollock |
E417691
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Donald Ray Pollock |
E417691
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Donald Ray Pollock | Statement: [Donald Ray Pollock, name, Donald Ray Pollock]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Ray Pollock Context triple: [Donald Ray Pollock, name, Donald Ray Pollock]
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A.
Donald Ray Pollock
chosen
Donald Ray Pollock is an American writer known for his dark, gritty Southern Gothic fiction, including the novel "The Devil All the Time."
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B.
William Pollock
William Pollock is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals, including figures in fields such as sports, politics, and academia.
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C.
Robert Pollock
Robert Pollock is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, literature, and the arts.
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D.
Charles Pollock
Charles Pollock was the plaintiff in the landmark 1895 U.S. Supreme Court case Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co., which challenged the constitutionality of a federal income tax.
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E.
Robert Ellis Miller
Robert Ellis Miller was an American film and television director known for his work on character-driven dramas and comedies from the 1960s through the 1980s.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d886d779488190b131369541c04e7d |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e42dc4792081909443df7937768ede |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:20 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a015fe217308190b6ae1e98d0c421e4 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 4:49 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:38 a.m.