Triple
T29340
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | North American Review |
E585
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableContributor |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells was a prominent 19th-century American realist author, critic, and editor often called the "Dean of American Letters."
|
E7784
|
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: William Dean Howells | Statement: [North American Review, notableContributor, William Dean Howells]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Dean Howells Context triple: [North American Review, notableContributor, William Dean Howells]
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A.
Charles Dudley Warner
Charles Dudley Warner was a 19th-century American essayist and novelist best known for co-authoring "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" with Mark Twain, which gave its name to the era of rapid economic growth and social inequality in post–Civil War America.
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B.
James Russell Lowell
James Russell Lowell was a 19th-century American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat associated with the Fireside Poets and influential in shaping U.S. literary culture.
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C.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne was a 19th-century American novelist and short story writer best known for his dark romantic works exploring sin, guilt, and morality, including "The Scarlet Letter" and "The House of the Seven Gables."
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D.
Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, and essayist renowned for works like "Buddenbrooks" and "The Magic Mountain," which explore the psychology and moral crises of modern European society.
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E.
Olivia Langdon Clemens
Olivia Langdon Clemens was the educated, reform-minded wife of author Mark Twain, known for her strong moral influence on his work and her involvement in social causes.
- 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: William Dean Howells Triple: [North American Review, notableContributor, William Dean Howells]
Generated description
William Dean Howells was a prominent 19th-century American realist author, critic, and editor often called the "Dean of American Letters."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Dean Howells Target entity description: William Dean Howells was a prominent 19th-century American realist author, critic, and editor often called the "Dean of American Letters."
-
A.
Charles Dudley Warner
Charles Dudley Warner was a 19th-century American essayist and novelist best known for co-authoring "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" with Mark Twain, which gave its name to the era of rapid economic growth and social inequality in post–Civil War America.
-
B.
James Russell Lowell
James Russell Lowell was a 19th-century American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat associated with the Fireside Poets and influential in shaping U.S. literary culture.
-
C.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne was a 19th-century American novelist and short story writer best known for his dark romantic works exploring sin, guilt, and morality, including "The Scarlet Letter" and "The House of the Seven Gables."
-
D.
Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, and essayist renowned for works like "Buddenbrooks" and "The Magic Mountain," which explore the psychology and moral crises of modern European society.
-
E.
Olivia Langdon Clemens
Olivia Langdon Clemens was the educated, reform-minded wife of author Mark Twain, known for her strong moral influence on his work and her involvement in social causes.
- 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_69a2479dec388190967ba648663442c9 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a24ac8d59c8190aaf6607f2792ba3a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:54 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a2623969188190814f662922953e39 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:34 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a2630ebfb08190a75f93b74424005b |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:37 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a2636c35e48190b4e6260a95f55799 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:39 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 a.m.