Triple
T20746414
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Donald E. Westlake |
E510595
|
entity |
| Predicate | givenName |
P17
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Donald
Donald is the first name of Donald E. Westlake, a prolific American writer best known for his crime fiction and comic caper novels.
|
E1448575
|
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: Donald | Statement: [Donald E. Westlake, givenName, Donald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Context triple: [Donald E. Westlake, givenName, Donald]
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A.
Donald
Donald is the given name of the English actor and theatre manager Donald Wolfit.
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B.
Donald
Donald is the given name of D. A. Carson, a prominent Canadian Reformed evangelical theologian and New Testament scholar.
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C.
Donald
Donald "Slick" Watts is a former American professional basketball player best known as a flashy, headband-wearing point guard for the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1970s.
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D.
Donald
Donald is a themed parking section at Disneyland’s Mickey & Friends Parking Structure, named after the Disney character Donald Duck.
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E.
Donald
Donald is the given name of Donald A. Norman, a prominent cognitive scientist and design theorist known for his influential work on user-centered design.
- 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: Donald Triple: [Donald E. Westlake, givenName, Donald]
Generated description
Donald is the first name of Donald E. Westlake, a prolific American writer best known for his crime fiction and comic caper novels.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Target entity description: Donald is the first name of Donald E. Westlake, a prolific American writer best known for his crime fiction and comic caper novels.
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A.
Donald
Donald is the given first name of the American author Pat Conroy, known for novels such as "The Prince of Tides" and "The Great Santini."
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B.
Donald
Donald is the given name of American writer Donald Ray Pollock, known for his dark, Southern Gothic-style fiction such as "The Devil All the Time."
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C.
Donald
Donald is the given name of Donald A. Wollheim, a pioneering American science fiction editor, publisher, and author.
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D.
Donald
Donald is the first name of American comedian and actor Don Rickles, famed for his pioneering insult comedy style.
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E.
Donald
Donald is the given name of American television producer and screenwriter Donald P. Bellisario, known for creating series such as "Magnum, P.I.," "Quantum Leap," and "NCIS."
- 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_69e0b4c845e88190b4c5f3ae79291182 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c225c564819088f2461467698095 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:17 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a08e84274d08190a851de1f415bcbc6 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 9:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a08e8fc1d6c819083f06debaa3bec24 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 10 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a08e98a594c8190b3a2d9ae7e3af4f7 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 10:02 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:33 p.m.