Triple

T20746426
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Donald E. Westlake E510595 entity
Predicate pseudonym P39 FINISHED
Object Curt Clark
Curt Clark is a pseudonym used by American crime and mystery novelist Donald E. Westlake.
E1448578 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: Curt Clark | Statement: [Donald E. Westlake, pseudonym, Curt Clark]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Curt Clark
Context triple: [Donald E. Westlake, pseudonym, Curt Clark]
  • A. Mickey Stevenson
    Mickey Stevenson is an American songwriter and record producer best known for his influential work at Motown Records during the 1960s.
  • B. Dan Truman
    Dan Truman is an American country musician best known as the keyboardist for the Grammy-winning band Diamond Rio.
  • C. Dan Truman
    Dan Truman is the NASA administrator in the 1998 disaster film "Armageddon," responsible for overseeing the mission to prevent an asteroid from destroying Earth.
  • D. Jack S. Blanton
    Jack S. Blanton was an American oil executive, civic leader, and philanthropist from Texas whose support for the arts and education led to major institutions, including a prominent university art museum, bearing his name.
  • E. John W. O’Daniel
    John W. O’Daniel was a U.S. Army lieutenant general and World War II and Korean War combat commander known for leading American forces in major European and Asian campaigns.
  • 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: Curt Clark
Triple: [Donald E. Westlake, pseudonym, Curt Clark]
Generated description
Curt Clark is a pseudonym used by American crime and mystery novelist Donald E. Westlake.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Curt Clark
Target entity description: Curt Clark is a pseudonym used by American crime and mystery novelist Donald E. Westlake.
  • A. Mickey Stevenson
    Mickey Stevenson is an American songwriter and record producer best known for his influential work at Motown Records during the 1960s.
  • B. Dan Truman
    Dan Truman is an American country musician best known as the keyboardist for the Grammy-winning band Diamond Rio.
  • C. Dan Truman
    Dan Truman is the NASA administrator in the 1998 disaster film "Armageddon," responsible for overseeing the mission to prevent an asteroid from destroying Earth.
  • D. Jack S. Blanton
    Jack S. Blanton was an American oil executive, civic leader, and philanthropist from Texas whose support for the arts and education led to major institutions, including a prominent university art museum, bearing his name.
  • E. John W. O’Daniel
    John W. O’Daniel was a U.S. Army lieutenant general and World War II and Korean War combat commander known for leading American forces in major European and Asian campaigns.
  • 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.