Triple

T2922236
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Putnam’s Magazine E78754 entity
Predicate notableContributor P304 FINISHED
Object Fitz-James O’Brien
Fitz-James O’Brien was a 19th-century Irish-born American writer best known for his pioneering works of science fiction and supernatural short stories.
E309155 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: Fitz-James O’Brien | Statement: [Putnam’s Magazine, notableContributor, Fitz-James O’Brien]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fitz-James O’Brien
Context triple: [Putnam’s Magazine, notableContributor, Fitz-James O’Brien]
  • A. James Branch Cabell
    James Branch Cabell was an American author best known for his ironic and fantastical novels set in the mythical province of Poictesme, particularly the once-controversial book "Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice."
  • B. James Bronterre O'Brien
    James Bronterre O'Brien was a prominent 19th-century Irish-born radical journalist, political theorist, and leader in the British working-class movement who played a key intellectual role in shaping Chartism.
  • C. Windland Smith Rice
    Windland Smith Rice was an American nature and wildlife photographer and conservationist, known for her award-winning images and for being the daughter of FedEx founder Frederick W. Smith.
  • D. Edward E. Smith
    Edward E. Smith was an American science fiction author best known for his pioneering space opera novels, particularly the Lensman and Skylark series.
  • E. Alfred Steele
    Alfred Steele was an American business executive best known as the CEO of Pepsi-Cola and the fourth husband of actress Joan Crawford.
  • 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: Fitz-James O’Brien
Triple: [Putnam’s Magazine, notableContributor, Fitz-James O’Brien]
Generated description
Fitz-James O’Brien was a 19th-century Irish-born American writer best known for his pioneering works of science fiction and supernatural short stories.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fitz-James O’Brien
Target entity description: Fitz-James O’Brien was a 19th-century Irish-born American writer best known for his pioneering works of science fiction and supernatural short stories.
  • A. James Branch Cabell
    James Branch Cabell was an American author best known for his ironic and fantastical novels set in the mythical province of Poictesme, particularly the once-controversial book "Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice."
  • B. James Bronterre O'Brien
    James Bronterre O'Brien was a prominent 19th-century Irish-born radical journalist, political theorist, and leader in the British working-class movement who played a key intellectual role in shaping Chartism.
  • C. Windland Smith Rice
    Windland Smith Rice was an American nature and wildlife photographer and conservationist, known for her award-winning images and for being the daughter of FedEx founder Frederick W. Smith.
  • D. Edward E. Smith
    Edward E. Smith was an American science fiction author best known for his pioneering space opera novels, particularly the Lensman and Skylark series.
  • E. Alfred Steele
    Alfred Steele was an American business executive best known as the CEO of Pepsi-Cola and the fourth husband of actress Joan Crawford.
  • 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_69ad8b0c2ad081909ff87050ae542bb9 completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad97bbcc7081908a79053be35ca02e completed March 8, 2026, 3:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b056344ca48190b4d14dd2c1ac643d completed March 10, 2026, 5:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b05b30b1dc819085fdf1c7ad14f13e completed March 10, 2026, 5:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b05c43b08481908ae7cbd23f0b8a93 completed March 10, 2026, 6 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:54 p.m.