Triple
T3281636
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | White Noise |
E68884
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Jack Gladney
Jack Gladney is the middle-aged, anxiety-ridden professor who founded the academic field of Hitler studies and narrates Don DeLillo’s novel "White Noise."
|
E349982
|
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: Jack Gladney | Statement: [White Noise, mainCharacter, Jack Gladney]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack Gladney Context triple: [White Noise, mainCharacter, Jack Gladney]
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A.
Delbert Grady
Delbert Grady is a ghostly former caretaker of the Overlook Hotel in Stephen King’s horror story "The Shining," known for having murdered his family and eerily influencing Jack Torrance.
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B.
Heinrich Gladney
Heinrich Gladney is a precocious, intellectually intense teenage boy in Don DeLillo’s novel "White Noise," known for his philosophical debates and skeptical view of contemporary life.
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C.
Bob Hilliard
Bob Hilliard was an American lyricist known for writing popular songs for films and Broadway during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Charles Roane
Charles Roane is a music producer known for his work on the album "Back to Basics."
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E.
Cliff Clavin
Cliff Clavin is a know-it-all, trivia-obsessed mailman and bar regular on the sitcom "Cheers," known for his long-winded, often dubious explanations.
- 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: Jack Gladney Triple: [White Noise, mainCharacter, Jack Gladney]
Generated description
Jack Gladney is the middle-aged, anxiety-ridden professor who founded the academic field of Hitler studies and narrates Don DeLillo’s novel "White Noise."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack Gladney Target entity description: Jack Gladney is the middle-aged, anxiety-ridden professor who founded the academic field of Hitler studies and narrates Don DeLillo’s novel "White Noise."
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A.
Delbert Grady
Delbert Grady is a ghostly former caretaker of the Overlook Hotel in Stephen King’s horror story "The Shining," known for having murdered his family and eerily influencing Jack Torrance.
-
B.
Heinrich Gladney
Heinrich Gladney is a precocious, intellectually intense teenage boy in Don DeLillo’s novel "White Noise," known for his philosophical debates and skeptical view of contemporary life.
-
C.
Bob Hilliard
Bob Hilliard was an American lyricist known for writing popular songs for films and Broadway during the mid-20th century.
-
D.
Charles Roane
Charles Roane is a music producer known for his work on the album "Back to Basics."
-
E.
Cliff Clavin
Cliff Clavin is a know-it-all, trivia-obsessed mailman and bar regular on the sitcom "Cheers," known for his long-winded, often dubious explanations.
- 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_69ad859c463481909ca4be267336c290 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb032d76c81909c568a4e56d12ce9 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b324fec6d88190a8ecb6f9a3429b2e |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:41 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b3258d7d8881908c7e894174e0734f |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:43 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b325e92eb88190951ea046c791fe17 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:45 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:10 p.m.