Triple

T3682262
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael Connelly E78136 entity
Predicate notableCharacterCreated P9708 FINISHED
Object Jack McEvoy
Jack McEvoy is a fictional crime reporter and recurring protagonist in Michael Connelly’s crime novels, notably featured in "The Poet."
E379933 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: Jack McEvoy | Statement: [Michael Connelly, notableCharacterCreated, Jack McEvoy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack McEvoy
Context triple: [Michael Connelly, notableCharacterCreated, Jack McEvoy]
  • A. Max O’Hara
    Max O’Hara is a fast-talking, ambitious showman and nightclub promoter who brings the giant gorilla Joe to Hollywood in the 1949 adventure film "Mighty Joe Young."
  • B. Mitch Mahoney
    Mitch Mahoney is a tough, streetwise "comfort counselor" character in the musical *The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee*, who provides support and consolation to eliminated contestants.
  • C. Jimmy McNulty
    Jimmy McNulty is a flawed but doggedly principled Baltimore homicide detective and central figure in the television series "The Wire," known for his rebellious streak and obsession with bringing down major criminals.
  • D. John Dunlavy
    John Dunlavy was an early 19th-century American religious leader and writer involved in the dissolution of the Springfield Presbytery and later known for his association with the Shaker movement.
  • E. Walter Nash
    Walter Nash was a prominent New Zealand statesman who served as the country’s 27th prime minister and a leading figure in the Labour Party during the mid-20th century.
  • 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: Jack McEvoy
Triple: [Michael Connelly, notableCharacterCreated, Jack McEvoy]
Generated description
Jack McEvoy is a fictional crime reporter and recurring protagonist in Michael Connelly’s crime novels, notably featured in "The Poet."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack McEvoy
Target entity description: Jack McEvoy is a fictional crime reporter and recurring protagonist in Michael Connelly’s crime novels, notably featured in "The Poet."
  • A. Max O’Hara
    Max O’Hara is a fast-talking, ambitious showman and nightclub promoter who brings the giant gorilla Joe to Hollywood in the 1949 adventure film "Mighty Joe Young."
  • B. Mitch Mahoney
    Mitch Mahoney is a tough, streetwise "comfort counselor" character in the musical *The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee*, who provides support and consolation to eliminated contestants.
  • C. Jimmy McNulty
    Jimmy McNulty is a flawed but doggedly principled Baltimore homicide detective and central figure in the television series "The Wire," known for his rebellious streak and obsession with bringing down major criminals.
  • D. John Dunlavy
    John Dunlavy was an early 19th-century American religious leader and writer involved in the dissolution of the Springfield Presbytery and later known for his association with the Shaker movement.
  • E. Walter Nash
    Walter Nash was a prominent New Zealand statesman who served as the country’s 27th prime minister and a leading figure in the Labour Party during the mid-20th century.
  • 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_69ad85e18c1c8190be8aafb227f39f48 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc492aed481909e8986378ad283fc completed March 8, 2026, 6:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4c3b306c081909b3857daa4f97ce2 completed March 14, 2026, 2:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4c56b76ac81909ae8d2ef10b8ed28 completed March 14, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4c62f7b7c81909150d8e40bb2dda4 completed March 14, 2026, 2:21 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:25 p.m.