Triple
T19664039
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories |
E472154
|
entity |
| Predicate | containsWork |
P2011
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Walter Briggs
Walter Briggs is a fictional character appearing in John Updike’s short story collection "Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories."
|
E1435490
|
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: Walter Briggs | Statement: [Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories, containsWork, Walter Briggs]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Briggs Context triple: [Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories, containsWork, Walter Briggs]
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A.
Walter Parratt
Walter Parratt was a prominent English organist, composer, and teacher who served as Master of the Queen’s (later King’s) Music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Walter Clark
Walter Clark is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as law, politics, and the arts.
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C.
Walter Carroll
Walter Carroll was the husband of acclaimed American stage and screen actress Julie Harris.
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D.
Ralph Brownrigg
Ralph Brownrigg was a 17th-century English clergyman and academic who served as Bishop of Exeter in the Church of England.
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E.
George Briggs
George Briggs is a drifter and claim jumper in the American frontier who becomes an unlikely escort for three mentally ill women in the novel and film "The Homesman."
- 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: Walter Briggs Triple: [Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories, containsWork, Walter Briggs]
Generated description
Walter Briggs is a fictional character appearing in John Updike’s short story collection "Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Briggs Target entity description: Walter Briggs is a fictional character appearing in John Updike’s short story collection "Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories."
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A.
Walter Parratt
Walter Parratt was a prominent English organist, composer, and teacher who served as Master of the Queen’s (later King’s) Music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
B.
Walter Clark
Walter Clark is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as law, politics, and the arts.
-
C.
Walter Carroll
Walter Carroll was the husband of acclaimed American stage and screen actress Julie Harris.
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D.
Ralph Brownrigg
Ralph Brownrigg was a 17th-century English clergyman and academic who served as Bishop of Exeter in the Church of England.
-
E.
George Briggs
George Briggs is a drifter and claim jumper in the American frontier who becomes an unlikely escort for three mentally ill women in the novel and film "The Homesman."
- 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_69d8e514f2e08190ba70a4449519d218 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6416671fc81908e25b0477234fa0f |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a089d2103a481908c581faea7555df6 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 4:36 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a089db22fcc819094d595a3ce4e19a6 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 4:39 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a089e4c21d88190a6c1ddf8e0879cb1 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 4:41 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:45 p.m.