Triple

T23196243
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American Tabloid E579875 entity
Predicate protagonist P268 FINISHED
Object Ward Littell — 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: Ward Littell | Statement: [American Tabloid, protagonist, Ward Littell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ward Littell
Context triple: [American Tabloid, protagonist, Ward Littell]
  • A. David Huddleston
    David Huddleston was an American character actor best known for his memorable supporting roles in film and television, including the title role in the cult classic comedy "The Big Lebowski."
  • B. James A. Collingsworth
    James A. Collingsworth was an early Texas political leader and jurist who served as a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and the first chief justice of the Republic of Texas.
  • C. Don D. Scott
    Don D. Scott is an American screenwriter best known for writing the hit comedy film "Barbershop" and its sequel.
  • D. John McKissick
    John McKissick was a legendary American high school football coach, best known for becoming the winningest coach in football history during his long tenure at Summerville High School in South Carolina.
  • E. Ed Steele
    Ed Steele was a professional baseball player in the Negro Leagues, best known as an outfielder for the Birmingham Black Barons.
  • 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: Ward Littell
Target entity description: Ward Littell is a central fictional character in James Ellroy’s crime novel "American Tabloid," depicted as a morally conflicted lawyer and FBI agent entangled in political corruption and underworld conspiracies.
  • A. David Huddleston
    David Huddleston was an American character actor best known for his memorable supporting roles in film and television, including the title role in the cult classic comedy "The Big Lebowski."
  • B. James A. Collingsworth
    James A. Collingsworth was an early Texas political leader and jurist who served as a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and the first chief justice of the Republic of Texas.
  • C. Don D. Scott
    Don D. Scott is an American screenwriter best known for writing the hit comedy film "Barbershop" and its sequel.
  • D. John McKissick
    John McKissick was a legendary American high school football coach, best known for becoming the winningest coach in football history during his long tenure at Summerville High School in South Carolina.
  • E. Ed Steele
    Ed Steele was a professional baseball player in the Negro Leagues, best known as an outfielder for the Birmingham Black Barons.
  • 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.