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]
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.