Triple
T21492765
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Writing Excuses |
E530276
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entity |
| Predicate | createdBy |
P806
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Howard Tayler |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Howard Tayler | Statement: [Writing Excuses, createdBy, Howard Tayler]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Tayler Context triple: [Writing Excuses, createdBy, Howard Tayler]
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A.
Howard Tayler
chosen
Howard Tayler is an American cartoonist and writer best known as the creator of the long-running webcomic "Schlock Mercenary" and as a co-host of the writing podcast "Writing Excuses."
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B.
Howard Taylor
Howard Taylor was an American actor and film producer best known as the brother of iconic actress Elizabeth Taylor.
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C.
J.H. Taylor
J.H. Taylor was a pioneering English professional golfer and multiple Open Championship winner who helped shape the early development of modern golf.
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D.
William Taylor
William Taylor was a member of the Taylor family connected to the English Protestant martyr and clergyman Rowland Taylor.
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E.
William Taylor
William Taylor was an early 18th-century London bookseller and publisher best known for issuing the first edition of Daniel Defoe’s novel "Robinson Crusoe."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e0c45bd15481909fba5910765cdda2 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e9ea54fb608190a147cd8aa6d6d04b |
completed | April 23, 2026, 9:45 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:23 p.m.