Triple

T3675884
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Malcolm Gladwell E77989 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object Graham Gladwell
Graham Gladwell was a Jamaican-born mathematics professor and civil engineer best known as the father of author and journalist Malcolm Gladwell.
E77989 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: Graham Gladwell | Statement: [Malcolm Gladwell, father, Graham Gladwell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Graham Gladwell
Context triple: [Malcolm Gladwell, father, Graham Gladwell]
  • A. Malcolm Gladwell
    Malcolm Gladwell is a Canadian journalist and bestselling author known for his influential nonfiction books on psychology, sociology, and human behavior, including "The Tipping Point," "Blink," and "Outliers."
  • B. Michael Lewis
    Michael Lewis is an American musician best known as a multi-instrumentalist and saxophonist active in indie rock and jazz-influenced projects.
  • C. Buzz Bissinger
    Buzz Bissinger is an American journalist and author best known for his nonfiction book "Friday Night Lights," which chronicles high school football in Texas and inspired multiple film and television adaptations.
  • D. Mitchell Zuckoff
    Mitchell Zuckoff is an American journalist, nonfiction author, and Boston University professor known for his narrative histories and investigative works, including the book that inspired the film "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi."
  • E. Arnie Risen
    Arnie Risen was an American professional basketball center and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer who starred in the early NBA, winning championships with the Rochester Royals and Boston Celtics.
  • 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: Graham Gladwell
Triple: [Malcolm Gladwell, father, Graham Gladwell]
Generated description
Graham Gladwell was a Jamaican-born mathematics professor and civil engineer best known as the father of author and journalist Malcolm Gladwell.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Graham Gladwell
Target entity description: Graham Gladwell was a Jamaican-born mathematics professor and civil engineer best known as the father of author and journalist Malcolm Gladwell.
  • A. Malcolm Gladwell chosen
    Malcolm Gladwell is a Canadian journalist and bestselling author known for his influential nonfiction books on psychology, sociology, and human behavior, including "The Tipping Point," "Blink," and "Outliers."
  • B. Michael Lewis
    Michael Lewis is an American musician best known as a multi-instrumentalist and saxophonist active in indie rock and jazz-influenced projects.
  • C. Buzz Bissinger
    Buzz Bissinger is an American journalist and author best known for his nonfiction book "Friday Night Lights," which chronicles high school football in Texas and inspired multiple film and television adaptations.
  • D. Mitchell Zuckoff
    Mitchell Zuckoff is an American journalist, nonfiction author, and Boston University professor known for his narrative histories and investigative works, including the book that inspired the film "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi."
  • E. Arnie Risen
    Arnie Risen was an American professional basketball center and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer who starred in the early NBA, winning championships with the Rochester Royals and Boston Celtics.
  • F. None of above.

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_69b4c3a50d40819081aad0c72bcaee9d completed March 14, 2026, 2:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4c451a5048190bfd4675cd17de655 completed March 14, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4c494ad80819084d6aa10fe62a63b completed March 14, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:25 p.m.