Triple
T2272866
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | De Witt |
E50699
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Patrick DeWitt
Patrick DeWitt is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter best known for his darkly comic, genre-bending works such as the award-winning Western novel "The Sisters Brothers."
|
E250855
|
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: Patrick DeWitt | Statement: [De Witt, hasNotableBearer, Patrick DeWitt]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patrick DeWitt Context triple: [De Witt, hasNotableBearer, Patrick DeWitt]
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A.
Adam Johnson
Adam Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his novel "The Orphan Master's Son," which explores life in North Korea.
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B.
Dennis Lehane
Dennis Lehane is an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his crime and mystery novels such as "Mystic River," "Shutter Island," and the Kenzie and Gennaro series.
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C.
T.C. Boyle
T.C. Boyle is an American novelist and short story writer known for his darkly comic, stylistically inventive fiction and exploration of social and environmental themes.
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D.
Eyal Waldman
Eyal Waldman is an Israeli entrepreneur and engineer best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of high-performance networking company Mellanox Technologies.
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E.
Jeffrey Ford
Jeffrey Ford is a film editor known for his work on major blockbuster movies, including several entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- 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: Patrick DeWitt Triple: [De Witt, hasNotableBearer, Patrick DeWitt]
Generated description
Patrick DeWitt is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter best known for his darkly comic, genre-bending works such as the award-winning Western novel "The Sisters Brothers."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patrick DeWitt Target entity description: Patrick DeWitt is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter best known for his darkly comic, genre-bending works such as the award-winning Western novel "The Sisters Brothers."
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A.
Adam Johnson
Adam Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his novel "The Orphan Master's Son," which explores life in North Korea.
-
B.
Dennis Lehane
Dennis Lehane is an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his crime and mystery novels such as "Mystic River," "Shutter Island," and the Kenzie and Gennaro series.
-
C.
T.C. Boyle
T.C. Boyle is an American novelist and short story writer known for his darkly comic, stylistically inventive fiction and exploration of social and environmental themes.
-
D.
Eyal Waldman
Eyal Waldman is an Israeli entrepreneur and engineer best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of high-performance networking company Mellanox Technologies.
-
E.
Jeffrey Ford
Jeffrey Ford is a film editor known for his work on major blockbuster movies, including several entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- 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_69a88b05910c8190a9a2b1ff230c85f9 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc1e872448190a1d6c6071b2a294b |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae71ddc66c81909525394a8b2bb4e0 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:08 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae75ba1a988190ba59d3ce5e5c39a8 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:24 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae76246f6c81909a15262d2c4ea975 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:26 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.