Triple
T3281638
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | White Noise |
E68884
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
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.
|
E345156
|
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: Heinrich Gladney | Statement: [White Noise, mainCharacter, Heinrich Gladney]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heinrich Gladney Context triple: [White Noise, mainCharacter, Heinrich Gladney]
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A.
Edmund Heckler
Edmund Heckler was a German industrialist and weapons designer best known as a co-founder of the firearms manufacturer Heckler & Koch.
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B.
Victor Maynard
Victor Maynard is a fastidious, aging British hitman whose orderly professional life is upended when he becomes entangled with an unpredictable young woman in the dark comedy film "Wild Target."
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C.
Charles Stillman
Charles Stillman was an American labor leader and educator best known for helping to establish the American Federation of Teachers as a national teachers’ union.
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D.
Hudson Stuck
Hudson Stuck was an Anglican archdeacon, missionary, and mountaineer best known for leading the first successful ascent of Denali in 1913.
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E.
Douglass Dumbrille
Douglass Dumbrille was a Canadian-born character actor best known for his prolific work in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, often portraying suave villains and authority figures.
- 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: Heinrich Gladney Triple: [White Noise, mainCharacter, Heinrich Gladney]
Generated description
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.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heinrich Gladney Target entity description: 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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A.
Edmund Heckler
Edmund Heckler was a German industrialist and weapons designer best known as a co-founder of the firearms manufacturer Heckler & Koch.
-
B.
Victor Maynard
Victor Maynard is a fastidious, aging British hitman whose orderly professional life is upended when he becomes entangled with an unpredictable young woman in the dark comedy film "Wild Target."
-
C.
Charles Stillman
Charles Stillman was an American labor leader and educator best known for helping to establish the American Federation of Teachers as a national teachers’ union.
-
D.
Hudson Stuck
Hudson Stuck was an Anglican archdeacon, missionary, and mountaineer best known for leading the first successful ascent of Denali in 1913.
-
E.
Douglass Dumbrille
Douglass Dumbrille was a Canadian-born character actor best known for his prolific work in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, often portraying suave villains and authority figures.
- 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_69b2e85528c88190b1e98c680baf3fa8 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 4:22 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b2ec48bf888190a5eeac0aa2cc50c3 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 4:39 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b2ecd134e88190933e52d7f1f5be2a |
completed | March 12, 2026, 4:41 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:10 p.m.