Triple

T20746434
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Donald E. Westlake E510595 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Hunter
The Hunter is a hardboiled crime novel by Donald E. Westlake (writing as Richard Stark) that introduces the ruthless professional thief Parker and launched a long-running noir series.
E981599 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: The Hunter | Statement: [Donald E. Westlake, notableWork, The Hunter]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Hunter
Context triple: [Donald E. Westlake, notableWork, The Hunter]
  • A. The Hunter
    The Hunter is a 1982 studio album by the American new wave band Blondie that marked one of their final releases before their initial breakup.
  • B. The Hunter
    The Hunter is a 2011 studio album by American metal band Mastodon that blends progressive metal with more accessible, melodic songwriting.
  • C. The Hunter
    The Hunter is a novel by American writer Howard Fast, known for its politically charged themes and exploration of social justice.
  • D. The Hunter
    "The Hunter" is a film shot by acclaimed cinematographer Fred J. Koenekamp, known for his work on major Hollywood productions in the 1970s and 1980s.
  • E. The Hunter
    The Hunter is a novel by Australian-born British author James Aldridge, known for its vivid storytelling and exploration of human resilience and moral conflict.
  • 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: The Hunter
Triple: [Donald E. Westlake, notableWork, The Hunter]
Generated description
The Hunter is a hardboiled crime novel by Donald E. Westlake (writing as Richard Stark) that introduces the ruthless professional thief Parker and launched a long-running noir series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Hunter
Target entity description: The Hunter is a hardboiled crime novel by Donald E. Westlake (writing as Richard Stark) that introduces the ruthless professional thief Parker and launched a long-running noir series.
  • A. The Hunter chosen
    The Hunter is a 1962 crime novel by Donald E. Westlake (writing as Richard Stark), introducing the ruthless professional thief Parker in a hardboiled tale of betrayal and revenge.
  • B. The Hunter
    The Hunter is a novel by American writer Howard Fast, known for its politically charged themes and exploration of social justice.
  • C. The Hunter
    The Hunter is a novel by Australian-born British author James Aldridge, known for its vivid storytelling and exploration of human resilience and moral conflict.
  • D. The Hunter
    The Hunter is the fearsome bounty hunter persona of Samus Aran, renowned across the Metroid universe for her relentless combat prowess and high-tech Power Suit.
  • E. The Hunter
    The Hunter is the silent, agile archer protagonist of the action-adventure game *The Pathless*, known for traversing vast landscapes alongside an eagle companion to dispel a dark curse.
  • F. None of above.

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.