Triple

T3341913
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Less Than Zero E70277 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Julian Wells
Julian Wells is a troubled, drug-addicted friend of the protagonist in Bret Easton Ellis's novel "Less Than Zero," embodying the moral decay and aimlessness of wealthy Los Angeles youth in the 1980s.
E350874 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: Julian Wells | Statement: [Less Than Zero, character, Julian Wells]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Julian Wells
Context triple: [Less Than Zero, character, Julian Wells]
  • A. Julian Stevens
    Julian Stevens is a television producer best known for his executive production work on high-profile drama series such as *The North Water*.
  • B. Julian Wass
    Julian Wass is a film and television composer known for creating emotionally resonant scores, including the music for the coming-of-age drama "The Miseducation of Cameron Post."
  • C. Sebastian Wilder
    Sebastian Wilder is a passionate jazz pianist and aspiring club owner in the film "La La Land," whose romance and artistic ambitions drive much of the movie’s emotional core.
  • D. Julian Clarke
    Julian Clarke is a Canadian film editor known for his work on major feature films, including the science fiction movie "Elysium."
  • E. Julian Franklin
    Julian Franklin is a relatively obscure individual whose primary notability appears to stem from sharing the surname Franklin rather than from widely recognized public achievements.
  • 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: Julian Wells
Triple: [Less Than Zero, character, Julian Wells]
Generated description
Julian Wells is a troubled, drug-addicted friend of the protagonist in Bret Easton Ellis's novel "Less Than Zero," embodying the moral decay and aimlessness of wealthy Los Angeles youth in the 1980s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Julian Wells
Target entity description: Julian Wells is a troubled, drug-addicted friend of the protagonist in Bret Easton Ellis's novel "Less Than Zero," embodying the moral decay and aimlessness of wealthy Los Angeles youth in the 1980s.
  • A. Julian Stevens
    Julian Stevens is a television producer best known for his executive production work on high-profile drama series such as *The North Water*.
  • B. Julian Wass
    Julian Wass is a film and television composer known for creating emotionally resonant scores, including the music for the coming-of-age drama "The Miseducation of Cameron Post."
  • C. Sebastian Wilder
    Sebastian Wilder is a passionate jazz pianist and aspiring club owner in the film "La La Land," whose romance and artistic ambitions drive much of the movie’s emotional core.
  • D. Julian Clarke
    Julian Clarke is a Canadian film editor known for his work on major feature films, including the science fiction movie "Elysium."
  • E. Julian Franklin
    Julian Franklin is a relatively obscure individual whose primary notability appears to stem from sharing the surname Franklin rather than from widely recognized public achievements.
  • 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_69ad85a405e48190b6e68de7cf9f319e completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb1ee711481909c0d921f1b5b8562 completed March 8, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b3251d49d08190b74483b69024acff completed March 12, 2026, 8:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b326a29cbc8190a5ae5fd5851ed0c7 completed March 12, 2026, 8:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b3270962648190925b04e44542c9c9 completed March 12, 2026, 8:50 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:12 p.m.