Triple

T3315241
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Names E69665 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object James Axton
James Axton is the American academic-turned-intelligence analyst who narrates and anchors Don DeLillo’s novel *The Names*, exploring themes of language, terrorism, and cultural dislocation in the late 20th century.
E346540 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 Axton | Statement: [The Names, mainCharacter, James Axton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Axton
Context triple: [The Names, mainCharacter, James Axton]
  • A. Jack Mullaney
    Jack Mullaney was an American character actor known for his comedic roles in mid-20th-century film and television.
  • B. Eddie Sawyer
    Eddie Sawyer was an American Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the Philadelphia Phillies' "Whiz Kids" to the 1950 National League pennant.
  • C. Cliff Booth
    Cliff Booth is a fictional World War II veteran and stuntman in Quentin Tarantino's film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," known for his stoic demeanor, combat skills, and loyal partnership with actor Rick Dalton.
  • D. Les Baxter
    Les Baxter was an American composer and arranger best known for pioneering the exotica genre and creating lush, atmospheric orchestral pop recordings in the mid-20th century.
  • E. Charles Storrs
    Charles Storrs was a benefactor and early supporter of the institution that became the University of Connecticut, for whom the town of Storrs is named.
  • 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 Axton
Triple: [The Names, mainCharacter, James Axton]
Generated description
James Axton is the American academic-turned-intelligence analyst who narrates and anchors Don DeLillo’s novel *The Names*, exploring themes of language, terrorism, and cultural dislocation in the late 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Axton
Target entity description: James Axton is the American academic-turned-intelligence analyst who narrates and anchors Don DeLillo’s novel *The Names*, exploring themes of language, terrorism, and cultural dislocation in the late 20th century.
  • A. Jack Mullaney
    Jack Mullaney was an American character actor known for his comedic roles in mid-20th-century film and television.
  • B. Eddie Sawyer
    Eddie Sawyer was an American Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the Philadelphia Phillies' "Whiz Kids" to the 1950 National League pennant.
  • C. Cliff Booth
    Cliff Booth is a fictional World War II veteran and stuntman in Quentin Tarantino's film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," known for his stoic demeanor, combat skills, and loyal partnership with actor Rick Dalton.
  • D. Les Baxter
    Les Baxter was an American composer and arranger best known for pioneering the exotica genre and creating lush, atmospheric orchestral pop recordings in the mid-20th century.
  • E. Charles Storrs
    Charles Storrs was a benefactor and early supporter of the institution that became the University of Connecticut, for whom the town of Storrs is named.
  • 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_69ad85a0bb048190a5458d2738012d61 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb110b28081909b366623e3b0783d completed March 8, 2026, 5:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2f3fa347481909432bd0178e7ea57 completed March 12, 2026, 5:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2faf56ca08190b93486c07d94c08e completed March 12, 2026, 5:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b312b902fc819081ec01c3d418fae0 completed March 12, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:11 p.m.