Triple
T2308207
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Midnight Cowboy |
E51890
|
entity |
| Predicate | basedOnWorkAuthor |
P2806
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Leo Herlihy
James Leo Herlihy was an American novelist, playwright, and actor best known for writing the novel "Midnight Cowboy," which was adapted into the Academy Award–winning film.
|
E259558
|
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: James Leo Herlihy | Statement: [Midnight Cowboy, basedOnWorkAuthor, James Leo Herlihy]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Leo Herlihy Context triple: [Midnight Cowboy, basedOnWorkAuthor, James Leo Herlihy]
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A.
John O’Keefe
John O’Keefe is a British-American neuroscientist renowned for discovering place cells in the hippocampus, a breakthrough that helped reveal the brain’s internal GPS system.
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B.
Joseph Gargan
Joseph Gargan was an American lawyer and political operative, a cousin and close associate of Senator Ted Kennedy who became known for his involvement in and later criticism of Kennedy’s actions surrounding the Chappaquiddick incident.
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C.
John O'Connor
John O'Connor was a prominent American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of New York in the late 20th century and was known for his outspoken views on social and moral issues.
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D.
Donald Malarkey
Donald Malarkey was a real-life U.S. Army paratrooper of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, whose World War II service was famously depicted in the miniseries "Band of Brothers."
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E.
Patrick E. Haggerty
Patrick E. Haggerty was an American engineer and business executive who played a pivotal role in the early semiconductor industry and the growth of Texas Instruments into a major technology company.
- 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: James Leo Herlihy Triple: [Midnight Cowboy, basedOnWorkAuthor, James Leo Herlihy]
Generated description
James Leo Herlihy was an American novelist, playwright, and actor best known for writing the novel "Midnight Cowboy," which was adapted into the Academy Award–winning film.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Leo Herlihy Target entity description: James Leo Herlihy was an American novelist, playwright, and actor best known for writing the novel "Midnight Cowboy," which was adapted into the Academy Award–winning film.
-
A.
John O’Keefe
John O’Keefe is a British-American neuroscientist renowned for discovering place cells in the hippocampus, a breakthrough that helped reveal the brain’s internal GPS system.
-
B.
Joseph Gargan
Joseph Gargan was an American lawyer and political operative, a cousin and close associate of Senator Ted Kennedy who became known for his involvement in and later criticism of Kennedy’s actions surrounding the Chappaquiddick incident.
-
C.
John O'Connor
John O'Connor was a prominent American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of New York in the late 20th century and was known for his outspoken views on social and moral issues.
-
D.
Donald Malarkey
Donald Malarkey was a real-life U.S. Army paratrooper of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, whose World War II service was famously depicted in the miniseries "Band of Brothers."
-
E.
Patrick E. Haggerty
Patrick E. Haggerty was an American engineer and business executive who played a pivotal role in the early semiconductor industry and the growth of Texas Instruments into a major technology company.
- 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_69a88b0bb30c81908ded03b006d29387 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:42 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc605cf808190a326e6c78e3f9166 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:30 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aea87427f08190b8353f74c5231a32 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:01 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69aea988feec8190a8f5d79cffbc14f6 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:05 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69aea9d6b60c819083295d66f965ff33 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:07 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:49 p.m.