Triple

T20733421
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oxford History of the United States E509627 entity
Predicate hasContributor P4244 FINISHED
Object James T. Patterson
James T. Patterson is an American historian known for his influential works on modern United States history, including a major volume in the Oxford History of the United States series.
E1447498 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: James T. Patterson | Statement: [Oxford History of the United States, hasContributor, James T. Patterson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James T. Patterson
Context triple: [Oxford History of the United States, hasContributor, James T. Patterson]
  • A. James Patterson
    James Patterson is a prolific American author best known for his numerous bestselling thriller and mystery novels, including the Alex Cross and Women's Murder Club series.
  • B. James Patterson
    James Patterson was a prominent Australian politician who served as the 17th Premier of Victoria in the early 1890s.
  • C. Jim Patterson
    Jim Patterson is an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the Netflix sitcom "The Ranch" and working on several popular comedy series.
  • D. Jim Patterson
    Jim Patterson is an entrepreneur best known as a founder of the American low-cost airline Allegiant Air.
  • E. David Baldacci
    David Baldacci is a bestselling American novelist known for his fast-paced legal and political thrillers, including "Absolute Power" and the "King & Maxwell" series.
  • 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: James T. Patterson
Triple: [Oxford History of the United States, hasContributor, James T. Patterson]
Generated description
James T. Patterson is an American historian known for his influential works on modern United States history, including a major volume in the Oxford History of the United States series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James T. Patterson
Target entity description: James T. Patterson is an American historian known for his influential works on modern United States history, including a major volume in the Oxford History of the United States series.
  • A. James Patterson
    James Patterson is a prolific American author best known for his numerous bestselling thriller and mystery novels, including the Alex Cross and Women's Murder Club series.
  • B. James Patterson
    James Patterson was a prominent Australian politician who served as the 17th Premier of Victoria in the early 1890s.
  • C. Jim Patterson
    Jim Patterson is an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the Netflix sitcom "The Ranch" and working on several popular comedy series.
  • D. Jim Patterson
    Jim Patterson is an entrepreneur best known as a founder of the American low-cost airline Allegiant Air.
  • E. David Baldacci
    David Baldacci is a bestselling American novelist known for his fast-paced legal and political thrillers, including "Absolute Power" and the "King & Maxwell" series.
  • 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_69e0b4c589c08190834fb5d86d0efa2b completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c1ef3040819085c8056e75571104 completed April 21, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08e06307408190b69d60e62b47d4c3 completed May 16, 2026, 9:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08e15d93ec8190bbe859fb42a4a5ac completed May 16, 2026, 9:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08e25d8cb08190ba75b792aac192ab completed May 16, 2026, 9:32 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:31 p.m.