Triple
T1842935
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A Hazard of New Fortunes |
E41215
|
entity |
| Predicate | writtenBy |
P806
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Dean Howells |
E7784
|
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: William Dean Howells | Statement: [A Hazard of New Fortunes, writtenBy, William Dean Howells]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Dean Howells Context triple: [A Hazard of New Fortunes, writtenBy, William Dean Howells]
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A.
William Dean Howells
chosen
William Dean Howells was a prominent 19th-century American realist author, critic, and editor often called the "Dean of American Letters."
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B.
William W. Howells
William W. Howells was a prominent American physical anthropologist known for his influential work on human evolution, cranial variation, and the biological diversity of human populations.
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C.
John Howells
John Howells is a notable individual who shares the surname associated with the prominent Howells family name.
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D.
Henry James
Henry James was an influential American-born British author known for his psychologically complex novels and stories exploring consciousness, perception, and social relationships.
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E.
Booth Tarkington
Booth Tarkington was an American novelist and playwright best known for his early 20th-century portrayals of Midwestern American life and for works such as "The Magnificent Ambersons" and "Alice Adams."
- 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_69a88648cd44819093303206d96d76ad |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb04eb0748190b226f932e544925f |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:57 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae26f2c7a48190a091e0e334845413 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 1:48 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.