Triple
T28519790
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Why We’re in Vietnam |
E721727
|
entity |
| Predicate | featuresCharacter |
P626
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Dale "Dinky" Earnshaw
Dale "Dinky" Earnshaw is a central character in Norman Mailer’s novel "Why We’re in Vietnam," depicted as a brash, hard-living Texan whose experiences and reflections illuminate the psychological and cultural impact of the Vietnam War on American men.
|
E1824018
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Dale "Dinky" Earnshaw | Statement: [Why We’re in Vietnam, featuresCharacter, Dale "Dinky" Earnshaw]
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: Dale "Dinky" Earnshaw Triple: [Why We’re in Vietnam, featuresCharacter, Dale "Dinky" Earnshaw]
Generated description
Dale "Dinky" Earnshaw is a central character in Norman Mailer’s novel "Why We’re in Vietnam," depicted as a brash, hard-living Texan whose experiences and reflections illuminate the psychological and cultural impact of the Vietnam War on American men.
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_69f01a5cbcc4819083fb4e723378713e |
completed | April 28, 2026, 2:24 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f64fa169e48190b061b3b3014a079d |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a1cb6dc8a308190ac347b38d37757a0 |
completed | May 31, 2026, 10:31 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a1cb917670881909255ddf24986eddc |
completed | May 31, 2026, 10:41 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a1cb980717c81908570a4855b117ffe |
completed | May 31, 2026, 10:43 p.m. |
Created at: April 28, 2026, 3:19 a.m.