Triple
T3249539
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Theodore Dreiser |
E68141
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James T. Farrell
James T. Farrell was an American novelist and short story writer best known for his naturalistic Studs Lonigan trilogy depicting working-class life in Chicago.
|
E340852
|
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: James T. Farrell | Statement: [Theodore Dreiser, influenced, James T. Farrell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James T. Farrell Context triple: [Theodore Dreiser, influenced, James T. Farrell]
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A.
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Walter Van Tilburg Clark was an American author best known for his classic Western novel "The Ox-Bow Incident," which explores themes of mob justice and moral responsibility.
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B.
John O'Hara
John O'Hara was an American novelist and short story writer best known for his sharp social realism in works such as "Appointment in Samarra" and "BUtterfield 8."
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C.
James Bridie
James Bridie was a Scottish playwright and screenwriter, noted for his influential role in 20th-century British theatre and his collaborations on several major film adaptations.
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D.
Robert Pershing Doerr
Robert Pershing "Bobby" Doerr was an American Hall of Fame second baseman who spent his entire Major League Baseball career with the Boston Red Sox and was renowned for his consistent hitting and outstanding defense.
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E.
Cecil Purdy
Cecil Purdy was an Australian chess player, writer, and the first official World Correspondence Chess Champion, renowned for his instructional contributions to the game.
- 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: James T. Farrell Triple: [Theodore Dreiser, influenced, James T. Farrell]
Generated description
James T. Farrell was an American novelist and short story writer best known for his naturalistic Studs Lonigan trilogy depicting working-class life in Chicago.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James T. Farrell Target entity description: James T. Farrell was an American novelist and short story writer best known for his naturalistic Studs Lonigan trilogy depicting working-class life in Chicago.
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A.
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Walter Van Tilburg Clark was an American author best known for his classic Western novel "The Ox-Bow Incident," which explores themes of mob justice and moral responsibility.
-
B.
John O'Hara
John O'Hara was an American novelist and short story writer best known for his sharp social realism in works such as "Appointment in Samarra" and "BUtterfield 8."
-
C.
James Bridie
James Bridie was a Scottish playwright and screenwriter, noted for his influential role in 20th-century British theatre and his collaborations on several major film adaptations.
-
D.
Robert Pershing Doerr
Robert Pershing "Bobby" Doerr was an American Hall of Fame second baseman who spent his entire Major League Baseball career with the Boston Red Sox and was renowned for his consistent hitting and outstanding defense.
-
E.
Cecil Purdy
Cecil Purdy was an Australian chess player, writer, and the first official World Correspondence Chess Champion, renowned for his instructional contributions to the game.
- 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_69ad858e4c708190aa31d486cfee8a6a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adaf3fc3c8819080ac95974581ca0e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b2776934108190ac405ba5ebd47084 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:20 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b27c2c16188190af03674ead3944de |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:41 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b27ca63b1c8190ac6f67aef6d2c7e1 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:43 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:09 p.m.