Triple
T19952263
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nona Balakian Citation |
E479588
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Daniel Mendelsohn
Daniel Mendelsohn is an American memoirist, critic, essayist, and classicist known for his literary criticism, personal narratives, and works that intertwine classical literature with contemporary and autobiographical themes.
|
E1403486
|
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: Daniel Mendelsohn | Statement: [Nona Balakian Citation, notableRecipient, Daniel Mendelsohn]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Daniel Mendelsohn Context triple: [Nona Balakian Citation, notableRecipient, Daniel Mendelsohn]
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A.
Louis Menand
Louis Menand is an American critic, essayist, and Harvard professor best known for his work on American intellectual and cultural history, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning book "The Metaphysical Club."
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B.
Tom Mendelsohn
Tom Mendelsohn is an Australian man known primarily as the brother of acclaimed actor Ben Mendelsohn.
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C.
Jeffrey Auerbach
Jeffrey Auerbach is a film producer best known for his work on the stop-motion animated feature "Corpse Bride."
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D.
Nathan Mendelsohn
Nathan Mendelsohn was a real estate developer and visionary planner best known for conceiving and developing the master-planned community of California City in the Mojave Desert.
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E.
Robert Engelman
Robert Engelman is a film producer known for his work on major Hollywood genre films, including action, science fiction, and fantasy projects.
- 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: Daniel Mendelsohn Triple: [Nona Balakian Citation, notableRecipient, Daniel Mendelsohn]
Generated description
Daniel Mendelsohn is an American memoirist, critic, essayist, and classicist known for his literary criticism, personal narratives, and works that intertwine classical literature with contemporary and autobiographical themes.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Daniel Mendelsohn Target entity description: Daniel Mendelsohn is an American memoirist, critic, essayist, and classicist known for his literary criticism, personal narratives, and works that intertwine classical literature with contemporary and autobiographical themes.
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A.
Louis Menand
Louis Menand is an American critic, essayist, and Harvard professor best known for his work on American intellectual and cultural history, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning book "The Metaphysical Club."
-
B.
Tom Mendelsohn
Tom Mendelsohn is an Australian man known primarily as the brother of acclaimed actor Ben Mendelsohn.
-
C.
Jeffrey Auerbach
Jeffrey Auerbach is a film producer best known for his work on the stop-motion animated feature "Corpse Bride."
-
D.
Nathan Mendelsohn
Nathan Mendelsohn was a real estate developer and visionary planner best known for conceiving and developing the master-planned community of California City in the Mojave Desert.
-
E.
Robert Engelman
Robert Engelman is a film producer known for his work on major Hollywood genre films, including action, science fiction, and fantasy projects.
- 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_69d8e522a17c819095165d4d24939fd8 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e65a6c87388190a1bada3117acaf7b |
completed | April 20, 2026, 4:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a07f6f6b3b8819095610f80c7ab94d1 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 4:47 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a07f79a4e5081908b92f3268f43fe5a |
completed | May 16, 2026, 4:50 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a07f813ea288190825eebcc1bf705b3 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 4:52 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:54 p.m.