Triple

T2900911
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Road to Perdition E62649 entity
Predicate createdBy P806 FINISHED
Object Max Allan Collins
Max Allan Collins is an American mystery and crime writer best known for his graphic novel "Road to Perdition" and his extensive work in detective fiction and tie-in novels.
E308443 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: Max Allan Collins | Statement: [Road to Perdition, createdBy, Max Allan Collins]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Max Allan Collins
Context triple: [Road to Perdition, createdBy, Max Allan Collins]
  • A. Jeffrey Ford
    Jeffrey Ford is a film editor known for his work on major blockbuster movies, including several entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
  • B. Rand Brooks
    Rand Brooks was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in classic Hollywood productions such as "Gone with the Wind" and numerous Westerns.
  • C. Paul Le Mat
    Paul Le Mat is an American actor best known for his breakout role as the hot-rodder John Milner in the coming-of-age film "American Graffiti."
  • D. John Clute
    John Clute is a prominent Canadian-born critic and author best known for his influential work in science fiction and fantasy criticism and reference.
  • E. Dan Jewett
    Dan Jewett is an American science teacher known for his brief marriage to billionaire philanthropist and novelist MacKenzie Scott.
  • 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: Max Allan Collins
Triple: [Road to Perdition, createdBy, Max Allan Collins]
Generated description
Max Allan Collins is an American mystery and crime writer best known for his graphic novel "Road to Perdition" and his extensive work in detective fiction and tie-in novels.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Max Allan Collins
Target entity description: Max Allan Collins is an American mystery and crime writer best known for his graphic novel "Road to Perdition" and his extensive work in detective fiction and tie-in novels.
  • A. Jeffrey Ford
    Jeffrey Ford is a film editor known for his work on major blockbuster movies, including several entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
  • B. Rand Brooks
    Rand Brooks was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in classic Hollywood productions such as "Gone with the Wind" and numerous Westerns.
  • C. Paul Le Mat
    Paul Le Mat is an American actor best known for his breakout role as the hot-rodder John Milner in the coming-of-age film "American Graffiti."
  • D. John Clute
    John Clute is a prominent Canadian-born critic and author best known for his influential work in science fiction and fantasy criticism and reference.
  • E. Dan Jewett
    Dan Jewett is an American science teacher known for his brief marriage to billionaire philanthropist and novelist MacKenzie Scott.
  • 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_69ab4c3e070c8190b78d3d2c005876dd completed March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abe0b081308190af8875151fb11c4e completed March 7, 2026, 8:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b0318f2c908190aa10aa93f8fb139c completed March 10, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0405be9008190b1a264bc20e794c6 completed March 10, 2026, 4:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b044ad7cd48190b4a3ae143131616e completed March 10, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:10 p.m.