Triple
T20746457
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Donald E. Westlake |
E510595
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCharacterCreated |
P9708
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Dortmunder
John Dortmunder is a fictional, chronically unlucky professional thief and mastermind who stars in a series of comic crime novels by Donald E. Westlake.
|
E1448590
|
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: John Dortmunder | Statement: [Donald E. Westlake, notableCharacterCreated, John Dortmunder]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Dortmunder Context triple: [Donald E. Westlake, notableCharacterCreated, John Dortmunder]
-
A.
Max Cady
Max Cady is a sadistic ex-convict who obsessively stalks and terrorizes the family of the lawyer he blames for his imprisonment in the thriller film "Cape Fear."
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B.
Charles Heist
Charles Heist is the enigmatic, morally ambiguous private investigator at the center of Jonathan Lethem’s novel *The Feral Detective*, known for navigating the fringes of society and the Mojave Desert’s outlaw communities.
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C.
Robert Hobbs
Robert Hobbs is an actor known for his role in the film "Longford" and various other screen and stage performances.
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D.
Charles Wilcox
Charles Wilcox is a fictional character in E.M. Forster’s novel "Howards End," depicted as the son of wealthy businessman Henry Wilcox.
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E.
Leeroy Thornhill
Leeroy Thornhill is an English electronic musician and dancer best known for his role as a longtime member and live performer with the influential rave group The Prodigy.
- 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: John Dortmunder Triple: [Donald E. Westlake, notableCharacterCreated, John Dortmunder]
Generated description
John Dortmunder is a fictional, chronically unlucky professional thief and mastermind who stars in a series of comic crime novels by Donald E. Westlake.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Dortmunder Target entity description: John Dortmunder is a fictional, chronically unlucky professional thief and mastermind who stars in a series of comic crime novels by Donald E. Westlake.
-
A.
Max Cady
Max Cady is a sadistic ex-convict who obsessively stalks and terrorizes the family of the lawyer he blames for his imprisonment in the thriller film "Cape Fear."
-
B.
Charles Heist
Charles Heist is the enigmatic, morally ambiguous private investigator at the center of Jonathan Lethem’s novel *The Feral Detective*, known for navigating the fringes of society and the Mojave Desert’s outlaw communities.
-
C.
Robert Hobbs
Robert Hobbs is an actor known for his role in the film "Longford" and various other screen and stage performances.
-
D.
Charles Wilcox
Charles Wilcox is a fictional character in E.M. Forster’s novel "Howards End," depicted as the son of wealthy businessman Henry Wilcox.
-
E.
Leeroy Thornhill
Leeroy Thornhill is an English electronic musician and dancer best known for his role as a longtime member and live performer with the influential rave group The Prodigy.
- 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.