Triple

T216200
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject P. G. Wodehouse E4109 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens was a British-American author, journalist, and polemicist known for his sharp wit, contrarian views, and influential writings on religion, politics, and culture.
E28943 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: Christopher Hitchens | Statement: [P. G. Wodehouse, influenced, Christopher Hitchens]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christopher Hitchens
Context triple: [P. G. Wodehouse, influenced, Christopher Hitchens]
  • A. William F. Buckley Jr.
    William F. Buckley Jr. was a prominent American conservative author, commentator, and founder of National Review who helped shape postwar conservative thought and politics in the United States.
  • B. Tom Engelhardt
    Tom Engelhardt is an American editor, essayist, and critic best known for founding and running the political commentary site TomDispatch, where he writes extensively on U.S. foreign policy, militarism, and empire.
  • C. Juan Cole
    Juan Cole is an American historian and commentator best known for his expertise on the modern Middle East and U.S. foreign policy.
  • D. Norman Finkelstein
    Norman Finkelstein is an American political scientist, author, and commentator known for his controversial critiques of Israeli policy and the politics surrounding the Holocaust.
  • E. Stephen E. Smith
    Stephen E. Smith was an American businessman and political strategist closely associated with the Kennedy family, notably serving as a key adviser and organizer in their political campaigns.
  • 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: Christopher Hitchens
Triple: [P. G. Wodehouse, influenced, Christopher Hitchens]
Generated description
Christopher Hitchens was a British-American author, journalist, and polemicist known for his sharp wit, contrarian views, and influential writings on religion, politics, and culture.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christopher Hitchens
Target entity description: Christopher Hitchens was a British-American author, journalist, and polemicist known for his sharp wit, contrarian views, and influential writings on religion, politics, and culture.
  • A. William F. Buckley Jr.
    William F. Buckley Jr. was a prominent American conservative author, commentator, and founder of National Review who helped shape postwar conservative thought and politics in the United States.
  • B. Tom Engelhardt
    Tom Engelhardt is an American editor, essayist, and critic best known for founding and running the political commentary site TomDispatch, where he writes extensively on U.S. foreign policy, militarism, and empire.
  • C. Juan Cole
    Juan Cole is an American historian and commentator best known for his expertise on the modern Middle East and U.S. foreign policy.
  • D. Norman Finkelstein
    Norman Finkelstein is an American political scientist, author, and commentator known for his controversial critiques of Israeli policy and the politics surrounding the Holocaust.
  • E. Stephen E. Smith
    Stephen E. Smith was an American businessman and political strategist closely associated with the Kennedy family, notably serving as a key adviser and organizer in their political campaigns.
  • 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_69a2573508588190b522c2476d91acfe completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25c4edfa081909fe97c86c3c7801d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a35878158c81908fba5b3cb4bfd054 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3598f22a08190898aec7b86cc06f4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a359f3ee8c8190834a6e2dd90bc062 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:11 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.