Triple
T23196167
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Big Nowhere |
E579873
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Buzz Meeks |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Buzz Meeks | Statement: [The Big Nowhere, mainCharacter, Buzz Meeks]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buzz Meeks Context triple: [The Big Nowhere, mainCharacter, Buzz Meeks]
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A.
Scott Barnes
Scott Barnes is an American college athletics administrator who serves as the athletic director at Oregon State University and has previously held similar roles at several other universities.
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B.
Gary E. Payton
Gary E. Payton is a former U.S. Air Force officer and astronaut who flew as a payload specialist on the Space Shuttle and later held senior positions in military space and defense programs.
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C.
Ray Allen
Ray Allen is a Hall of Fame American shooting guard renowned as one of the greatest three-point shooters in NBA history, winning championships with the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat.
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D.
Sean Whalen
Sean Whalen is an American character actor known for his distinctive, often quirky roles in film and television, including horror and cult favorites.
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E.
Deron Bennett
Deron Bennett is a professional comic book letterer known for his work on various titles across major publishers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buzz Meeks Target entity description: Buzz Meeks is a hard-bitten ex-cop turned fixer and enforcer in James Ellroy’s noir crime novel *The Big Nowhere*, navigating a violent web of corruption in 1950s Los Angeles.
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A.
Scott Barnes
Scott Barnes is an American college athletics administrator who serves as the athletic director at Oregon State University and has previously held similar roles at several other universities.
-
B.
Gary E. Payton
Gary E. Payton is a former U.S. Air Force officer and astronaut who flew as a payload specialist on the Space Shuttle and later held senior positions in military space and defense programs.
-
C.
Ray Allen
Ray Allen is a Hall of Fame American shooting guard renowned as one of the greatest three-point shooters in NBA history, winning championships with the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat.
-
D.
Sean Whalen
Sean Whalen is an American character actor known for his distinctive, often quirky roles in film and television, including horror and cult favorites.
-
E.
Deron Bennett
Deron Bennett is a professional comic book letterer known for his work on various titles across major publishers.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69e24600eed08190bd7e5295653a1503 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f18fdb279c81908dcc46f2786a86cd |
completed | April 29, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:06 p.m.