Triple

T3530155
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Johnston McCulley E74638 entity
Predicate usedPseudonym P3799 FINISHED
Object John Mack Stone
John Mack Stone is a pseudonym used by American author Johnston McCulley, best known as the creator of the masked vigilante character Zorro.
E425447 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: John Mack Stone | Statement: [Johnston McCulley, usedPseudonym, John Mack Stone]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Mack Stone
Context triple: [Johnston McCulley, usedPseudonym, John Mack Stone]
  • A. Harold J. Stone
    Harold J. Stone was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1940s through the 1970s, often portraying tough, authoritative, or ethnic supporting roles.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Robert S. Benjamin
    Robert S. Benjamin was an American film executive and producer best known as a co-founder and key leader of the independent film studio Orion Pictures.
  • D. Robert N. Davoren
    Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
  • E. Hugh Mason
    Hugh Mason was an 18th-century English shopkeeper and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the luxury London department store Fortnum & Mason.
  • 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: John Mack Stone
Triple: [Johnston McCulley, usedPseudonym, John Mack Stone]
Generated description
John Mack Stone is a pseudonym used by American author Johnston McCulley, best known as the creator of the masked vigilante character Zorro.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Mack Stone
Target entity description: John Mack Stone is a pseudonym used by American author Johnston McCulley, best known as the creator of the masked vigilante character Zorro.
  • A. Harold J. Stone
    Harold J. Stone was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1940s through the 1970s, often portraying tough, authoritative, or ethnic supporting roles.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Robert S. Benjamin
    Robert S. Benjamin was an American film executive and producer best known as a co-founder and key leader of the independent film studio Orion Pictures.
  • D. Robert N. Davoren
    Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
  • E. Hugh Mason
    Hugh Mason was an 18th-century English shopkeeper and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the luxury London department store Fortnum & Mason.
  • 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_69ad85d1a3948190931fd1ea1f49717b completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbc9764a881908aa8d25dc9adf59e completed March 8, 2026, 6:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5b73c409081909c583019d7ec1d4a completed March 14, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5b7e7f48881908ebb773499aebd5e completed March 14, 2026, 7:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5b881c80081909af084ff4b43b01e completed March 14, 2026, 7:35 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:19 p.m.