Triple
T20746433
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Donald E. Westlake |
E510595
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Dortmunder series |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Dortmunder series | Statement: [Donald E. Westlake, notableWork, Dortmunder series]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dortmunder series Context triple: [Donald E. Westlake, notableWork, Dortmunder series]
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A.
Bernie Gunther series
The Bernie Gunther series is a set of historical crime novels by Philip Kerr featuring a cynical Berlin detective navigating the moral complexities of Nazi and postwar Germany.
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B.
Lewis Barnavelt series
The Lewis Barnavelt series is a set of middle-grade fantasy-horror novels, originally created by John Bellairs and later continued by Brad Strickland, following a young boy’s magical adventures with his eccentric uncle and their witch neighbor.
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C.
Paternoster Gang
The Paternoster Gang is a recurring trio of Victorian-era detectives in Doctor Who, consisting of the Silurian Madame Vastra, her human wife Jenny Flint, and the Sontaran warrior Strax.
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D.
Black Books
Black Books is a British sitcom centered on the misanthropic owner of a chaotic London bookshop, known for its dark humor and cult following.
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E.
Blackwood and Sons
Blackwood and Sons was a prominent 19th-century Scottish publishing house known for issuing influential literary works and the periodical Blackwood's Magazine.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dortmunder series Target entity description: The Dortmunder series is a collection of comic crime novels by Donald E. Westlake featuring the chronically unlucky professional thief John Dortmunder and his misfit crew.
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A.
Bernie Gunther series
The Bernie Gunther series is a set of historical crime novels by Philip Kerr featuring a cynical Berlin detective navigating the moral complexities of Nazi and postwar Germany.
-
B.
Lewis Barnavelt series
The Lewis Barnavelt series is a set of middle-grade fantasy-horror novels, originally created by John Bellairs and later continued by Brad Strickland, following a young boy’s magical adventures with his eccentric uncle and their witch neighbor.
-
C.
Paternoster Gang
The Paternoster Gang is a recurring trio of Victorian-era detectives in Doctor Who, consisting of the Silurian Madame Vastra, her human wife Jenny Flint, and the Sontaran warrior Strax.
-
D.
Black Books
Black Books is a British sitcom centered on the misanthropic owner of a chaotic London bookshop, known for its dark humor and cult following.
-
E.
Blackwood and Sons
Blackwood and Sons was a prominent 19th-century Scottish publishing house known for issuing influential literary works and the periodical Blackwood's Magazine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:33 p.m.