Triple

T20746423
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Donald E. Westlake E510595 entity
Predicate pseudonym P39 FINISHED
Object Richard Stark
Richard Stark is the hardboiled crime-fiction pen name under which Donald E. Westlake wrote his acclaimed Parker novels and other gritty thrillers.
E1448577 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: Richard Stark | Statement: [Donald E. Westlake, pseudonym, Richard Stark]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Stark
Context triple: [Donald E. Westlake, pseudonym, Richard Stark]
  • A. Morton Smith
    Morton Smith was an American biblical scholar best known for his controversial claim to have discovered the so‑called Secret Gospel of Mark.
  • B. Len Deighton
    Len Deighton is a British author and historian best known for his spy novels, including "The IPCRESS File," and his influential works on military history.
  • C. Frederick Forsyth
    Frederick Forsyth is a British thriller writer renowned for his meticulously researched, politically charged novels such as "The Day of the Jackal."
  • D. Robert A. R. Parker
    Robert A. R. Parker was a NASA astronaut and astrophysicist who flew on two Space Shuttle missions and contributed significantly to space-based scientific research.
  • E. Martin Cruz Smith
    Martin Cruz Smith is an American novelist best known for his crime and mystery thrillers, particularly the Arkady Renko 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: Richard Stark
Triple: [Donald E. Westlake, pseudonym, Richard Stark]
Generated description
Richard Stark is the hardboiled crime-fiction pen name under which Donald E. Westlake wrote his acclaimed Parker novels and other gritty thrillers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Stark
Target entity description: Richard Stark is the hardboiled crime-fiction pen name under which Donald E. Westlake wrote his acclaimed Parker novels and other gritty thrillers.
  • A. Morton Smith
    Morton Smith was an American biblical scholar best known for his controversial claim to have discovered the so‑called Secret Gospel of Mark.
  • B. Len Deighton
    Len Deighton is a British author and historian best known for his spy novels, including "The IPCRESS File," and his influential works on military history.
  • C. Frederick Forsyth
    Frederick Forsyth is a British thriller writer renowned for his meticulously researched, politically charged novels such as "The Day of the Jackal."
  • D. Robert A. R. Parker
    Robert A. R. Parker was a NASA astronaut and astrophysicist who flew on two Space Shuttle missions and contributed significantly to space-based scientific research.
  • E. Martin Cruz Smith
    Martin Cruz Smith is an American novelist best known for his crime and mystery thrillers, particularly the Arkady Renko 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_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.