Triple

T1963728
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Power of the Dog (novel) E42642 entity
Predicate author P4 FINISHED
Object Thomas Savage
Thomas Savage was an American novelist best known for his psychologically rich Western fiction, particularly the novel "The Power of the Dog."
E218652 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: Thomas Savage | Statement: [The Power of the Dog (novel), author, Thomas Savage]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Savage
Context triple: [The Power of the Dog (novel), author, Thomas Savage]
  • A. Gulian McEvers
    Gulian McEvers was an early American merchant and broker in New York City who was among the original founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
  • B. John Mason
    John Mason was a 17th-century English colonial military leader in New England, best known for his pivotal and controversial role in the Pequot War.
  • C. John Billington
    John Billington was an English settler best known as one of the Mayflower passengers at Plymouth Colony and the first person executed for murder in what became the United States.
  • D. Edward Wolfe
    Edward Wolfe was a British army officer of the early 18th century, best known as the father of General James Wolfe, the victor of the Battle of Quebec.
  • E. Samuel McIntire
    Samuel McIntire was an influential early American architect and woodcarver from Salem, Massachusetts, renowned for his Federal-style designs and decorative craftsmanship.
  • 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: Thomas Savage
Triple: [The Power of the Dog (novel), author, Thomas Savage]
Generated description
Thomas Savage was an American novelist best known for his psychologically rich Western fiction, particularly the novel "The Power of the Dog."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Savage
Target entity description: Thomas Savage was an American novelist best known for his psychologically rich Western fiction, particularly the novel "The Power of the Dog."
  • A. Gulian McEvers
    Gulian McEvers was an early American merchant and broker in New York City who was among the original founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
  • B. John Mason
    John Mason was a 17th-century English colonial military leader in New England, best known for his pivotal and controversial role in the Pequot War.
  • C. John Billington
    John Billington was an English settler best known as one of the Mayflower passengers at Plymouth Colony and the first person executed for murder in what became the United States.
  • D. Edward Wolfe
    Edward Wolfe was a British army officer of the early 18th century, best known as the father of General James Wolfe, the victor of the Battle of Quebec.
  • E. Samuel McIntire
    Samuel McIntire was an influential early American architect and woodcarver from Salem, Massachusetts, renowned for his Federal-style designs and decorative craftsmanship.
  • 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_69a88711151c8190940b2572095059d7 completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb3ada4148190ad830d4a3d7fd662 completed March 7, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adfbd32eb88190a2069b6490b12e5d completed March 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adfc5150e48190aa475798c790b767 completed March 8, 2026, 10:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adfd10a6a88190818976d709d81596 completed March 8, 2026, 10:49 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.