Triple

T3675726
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Infinite Jest E77986 entity
Predicate featuresCharacter P626 FINISHED
Object James O. Incandenza
James O. Incandenza is a brilliant but troubled filmmaker, physicist, and founder of the Enfield Tennis Academy in David Foster Wallace’s novel Infinite Jest.
 E463166 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 O. Incandenza | Statement: [Infinite Jest, featuresCharacter, James O. Incandenza]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James O. Incandenza
Context triple: [Infinite Jest, featuresCharacter, James O. Incandenza]
  • A. John J. Tominac
    John J. Tominac was a United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for extraordinary heroism during World War II.
  • B. William J. Guarnere
    William J. Guarnere was a World War II U.S. Army paratrooper best known as a member of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, whose experiences were depicted in the book and miniseries "Band of Brothers."
  • C. John R. Leonetti
    John R. Leonetti is an American cinematographer and film director best known for his work on major horror films, including serving as director of photography on "The Conjuring."
  • D. Patrick H. McCarren
    Patrick H. McCarren was a prominent early 20th-century Brooklyn politician and New York State senator known for his influence in local Democratic Party politics.
  • E. James A. Thomas
    James A. Thomas was a prominent American tobacco executive associated with the American Tobacco Company and Duke University.
  • 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 O. Incandenza
Triple: [Infinite Jest, featuresCharacter, James O. Incandenza]
Generated description
James O. Incandenza is a brilliant but troubled filmmaker, physicist, and founder of the Enfield Tennis Academy in David Foster Wallace’s novel Infinite Jest.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James O. Incandenza
Target entity description: James O. Incandenza is a brilliant but troubled filmmaker, physicist, and founder of the Enfield Tennis Academy in David Foster Wallace’s novel Infinite Jest.
  • A. John J. Tominac
    John J. Tominac was a United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for extraordinary heroism during World War II.
  • B. William J. Guarnere
    William J. Guarnere was a World War II U.S. Army paratrooper best known as a member of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, whose experiences were depicted in the book and miniseries "Band of Brothers."
  • C. John R. Leonetti
    John R. Leonetti is an American cinematographer and film director best known for his work on major horror films, including serving as director of photography on "The Conjuring."
  • D. Patrick H. McCarren
    Patrick H. McCarren was a prominent early 20th-century Brooklyn politician and New York State senator known for his influence in local Democratic Party politics.
  • E. James A. Thomas
    James A. Thomas was a prominent American tobacco executive associated with the American Tobacco Company and Duke University.
  • 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_69ad85e083008190b2e1b7085fe500bd completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc462ffdc8190896e9f98f648e2f3 completed March 8, 2026, 6:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be10079a408190ae09d3df55ead73c completed March 21, 2026, 3:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be10cce8d0819093c9f1c721142e48 completed March 21, 2026, 3:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be119987bc8190b0b0f75a2c07a60c completed March 21, 2026, 3:33 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:25 p.m.