Triple

T3545545
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject DeWitt Clinton High School E74986 entity
Predicate notableAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Irving Howe
Irving Howe was an influential American literary and social critic, democratic socialist, and co-founder of the journal Dissent, known for his writings on politics, culture, and Yiddish literature.
E367444 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: Irving Howe | Statement: [DeWitt Clinton High School, notableAlumni, Irving Howe]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irving Howe
Context triple: [DeWitt Clinton High School, notableAlumni, Irving Howe]
  • A. Herbert Aptheker
    Herbert Aptheker was an American Marxist historian and activist best known for his pioneering scholarship on African American history and slave revolts.
  • B. Paul Buhle
    Paul Buhle is an American historian and editor known for his work on radical politics, labor history, and comics, often exploring the intersection of leftist movements and popular culture.
  • C. Howard Fast
    Howard Fast was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his historical and politically charged works, including the novel that inspired the film "Spartacus."
  • D. Horace M. Kallen
    Horace M. Kallen was an American philosopher and cultural pluralist best known for developing the concept of cultural pluralism in the United States and advocating for ethnic diversity and Zionism.
  • E. Stanley Edgar Hyman
    Stanley Edgar Hyman was an American literary critic and professor known for his influential work in myth, folklore, and structuralist criticism, as well as his role in mid-20th-century American letters.
  • 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: Irving Howe
Triple: [DeWitt Clinton High School, notableAlumni, Irving Howe]
Generated description
Irving Howe was an influential American literary and social critic, democratic socialist, and co-founder of the journal Dissent, known for his writings on politics, culture, and Yiddish literature.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irving Howe
Target entity description: Irving Howe was an influential American literary and social critic, democratic socialist, and co-founder of the journal Dissent, known for his writings on politics, culture, and Yiddish literature.
  • A. Herbert Aptheker
    Herbert Aptheker was an American Marxist historian and activist best known for his pioneering scholarship on African American history and slave revolts.
  • B. Paul Buhle
    Paul Buhle is an American historian and editor known for his work on radical politics, labor history, and comics, often exploring the intersection of leftist movements and popular culture.
  • C. Howard Fast
    Howard Fast was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his historical and politically charged works, including the novel that inspired the film "Spartacus."
  • D. Horace M. Kallen
    Horace M. Kallen was an American philosopher and cultural pluralist best known for developing the concept of cultural pluralism in the United States and advocating for ethnic diversity and Zionism.
  • E. Stanley Edgar Hyman
    Stanley Edgar Hyman was an American literary critic and professor known for his influential work in myth, folklore, and structuralist criticism, as well as his role in mid-20th-century American letters.
  • 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_69ad85d274cc8190ab59c97298a1cfbf completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbf77d938819095c72a88b5af644a completed March 8, 2026, 6:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b38be29b408190a8dba8c8ae2485a4 completed March 13, 2026, 4 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b38c6dbfcc8190897d0c12e8ce4416 completed March 13, 2026, 4:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b38cf9d8188190adb91671d062a6f9 completed March 13, 2026, 4:05 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:20 p.m.