Triple
T18697596
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Apple Dumpling Gang (novel) |
E457161
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Jack Bickham
Jack Bickham was an American novelist and writing teacher best known for his Westerns, young adult fiction, and influential books on the craft of fiction writing.
|
E1371531
|
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: Jack Bickham | Statement: [The Apple Dumpling Gang (novel), author, Jack Bickham]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack Bickham Context triple: [The Apple Dumpling Gang (novel), author, Jack Bickham]
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A.
Jack Bicknell
Jack Bicknell is an American football coach best known for leading Boston College to national prominence in the 1980s, including the famed Doug Flutie era and the 1984 Cotton Bowl victory.
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B.
Ben Haggerty
Ben Haggerty, better known by his stage name Macklemore, is an American rapper and songwriter recognized for hits like "Thrift Shop" and "Can't Hold Us."
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C.
Bob Bicknell
Bob Bicknell is an American football coach and former player known for his roles as an assistant coach with several NFL and college teams.
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D.
Jim Barnhill
Jim Barnhill was an American football official best known for serving as a referee in the American Football League during the 1960s.
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E.
Curtis Hixon
Curtis Hixon was a prominent Tampa, Florida mayor and civic leader whose contributions to the city led to major public landmarks being named in his honor.
- 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: Jack Bickham Triple: [The Apple Dumpling Gang (novel), author, Jack Bickham]
Generated description
Jack Bickham was an American novelist and writing teacher best known for his Westerns, young adult fiction, and influential books on the craft of fiction writing.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack Bickham Target entity description: Jack Bickham was an American novelist and writing teacher best known for his Westerns, young adult fiction, and influential books on the craft of fiction writing.
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A.
Jack Bicknell
Jack Bicknell is an American football coach best known for leading Boston College to national prominence in the 1980s, including the famed Doug Flutie era and the 1984 Cotton Bowl victory.
-
B.
Ben Haggerty
Ben Haggerty, better known by his stage name Macklemore, is an American rapper and songwriter recognized for hits like "Thrift Shop" and "Can't Hold Us."
-
C.
Bob Bicknell
Bob Bicknell is an American football coach and former player known for his roles as an assistant coach with several NFL and college teams.
-
D.
Jim Barnhill
Jim Barnhill was an American football official best known for serving as a referee in the American Football League during the 1960s.
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E.
Curtis Hixon
Curtis Hixon was a prominent Tampa, Florida mayor and civic leader whose contributions to the city led to major public landmarks being named in his honor.
- 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_69d8d392aad081909fe31aa03e6e97d1 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e562e984988190ae902d41edd8faff |
completed | April 19, 2026, 11:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0723f109d48190a70174c9330123cb |
completed | May 15, 2026, 1:47 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a07251f1fec8190afddb45f3e748a59 |
completed | May 15, 2026, 1:52 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0725c74ce88190b38c2688b3ad92ee |
completed | May 15, 2026, 1:55 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:49 a.m.