Triple
T2114821
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Saturday Evening Post |
E42583
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasContributor |
P4244
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist and playwright, best known for his satirical portrayals of middle-class life and for being the first U.S. writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
|
E233849
|
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: Sinclair Lewis | Statement: [The Saturday Evening Post, hasContributor, Sinclair Lewis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sinclair Lewis Context triple: [The Saturday Evening Post, hasContributor, Sinclair Lewis]
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A.
John Howells
John Howells is a notable individual who shares the surname associated with the prominent Howells family name.
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B.
Booth Tarkington
Booth Tarkington was an American novelist and playwright best known for his early 20th-century portrayals of Midwestern American life and for works such as "The Magnificent Ambersons" and "Alice Adams."
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C.
John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos was an American novelist and artist best known for his innovative, socially critical U.S.A. trilogy, which portrayed early 20th-century American life through experimental narrative techniques.
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D.
William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells was a prominent 19th-century American realist author, critic, and editor often called the "Dean of American Letters."
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E.
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser was an American novelist and journalist known for his naturalistic, unvarnished portrayals of urban life and social inequality in works such as "Sister Carrie" and "An American Tragedy."
- 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: Sinclair Lewis Triple: [The Saturday Evening Post, hasContributor, Sinclair Lewis]
Generated description
Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist and playwright, best known for his satirical portrayals of middle-class life and for being the first U.S. writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sinclair Lewis Target entity description: Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist and playwright, best known for his satirical portrayals of middle-class life and for being the first U.S. writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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A.
John Howells
John Howells is a notable individual who shares the surname associated with the prominent Howells family name.
-
B.
Booth Tarkington
Booth Tarkington was an American novelist and playwright best known for his early 20th-century portrayals of Midwestern American life and for works such as "The Magnificent Ambersons" and "Alice Adams."
-
C.
John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos was an American novelist and artist best known for his innovative, socially critical U.S.A. trilogy, which portrayed early 20th-century American life through experimental narrative techniques.
-
D.
William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells was a prominent 19th-century American realist author, critic, and editor often called the "Dean of American Letters."
-
E.
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser was an American novelist and journalist known for his naturalistic, unvarnished portrayals of urban life and social inequality in works such as "Sister Carrie" and "An American Tragedy."
- 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_69a8871040f08190aac2e2d0ab6b47ad |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbb0724e08190a0a4210d86261d6d |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:43 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae3076afec819091183e328cff58c8 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae30e1c7488190acd6d29c5ad10c33 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:30 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae316398488190b9dd38145d5488b4 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:33 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:43 p.m.