Triple
T3860077
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | In Dubious Battle |
E90112
|
entity |
| Predicate | majorCharacter |
P12208
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Doc Burton
Doc Burton is a pragmatic, skeptical doctor in John Steinbeck's novel "In Dubious Battle," who provides medical aid and an outsider’s perspective on the labor strike.
|
E398007
|
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: Doc Burton | Statement: [In Dubious Battle, majorCharacter, Doc Burton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doc Burton Context triple: [In Dubious Battle, majorCharacter, Doc Burton]
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A.
Al Burton
Al Burton was an American television producer and composer best known for his work on popular sitcoms such as "The Facts of Life."
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B.
John Alderman
John Alderman was a Native American allied with the English colonists who became historically known for killing the Wampanoag leader Metacomet (King Philip) during King Philip’s War.
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C.
Don Burgess
Don Burgess is an American cinematographer best known for his Oscar-nominated work on the film "Forrest Gump" and his frequent collaborations with director Robert Zemeckis.
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D.
Stephen Burbank
Stephen Burbank is a prominent legal scholar and professor known for his expertise in civil procedure and complex litigation at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
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E.
John Brophy
John Brophy was an influential American labor leader and union organizer who played a key role in the early development of industrial unionism in the United States.
- 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: Doc Burton Triple: [In Dubious Battle, majorCharacter, Doc Burton]
Generated description
Doc Burton is a pragmatic, skeptical doctor in John Steinbeck's novel "In Dubious Battle," who provides medical aid and an outsider’s perspective on the labor strike.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doc Burton Target entity description: Doc Burton is a pragmatic, skeptical doctor in John Steinbeck's novel "In Dubious Battle," who provides medical aid and an outsider’s perspective on the labor strike.
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A.
Al Burton
Al Burton was an American television producer and composer best known for his work on popular sitcoms such as "The Facts of Life."
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B.
John Alderman
John Alderman was a Native American allied with the English colonists who became historically known for killing the Wampanoag leader Metacomet (King Philip) during King Philip’s War.
-
C.
Don Burgess
Don Burgess is an American cinematographer best known for his Oscar-nominated work on the film "Forrest Gump" and his frequent collaborations with director Robert Zemeckis.
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D.
Stephen Burbank
Stephen Burbank is a prominent legal scholar and professor known for his expertise in civil procedure and complex litigation at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
-
E.
John Dolman
John Dolman was an English clergyman and benefactor of the late 16th century best known for establishing Pocklington School in Yorkshire.
- 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_69aed95b3c088190a8f85d19e6070599 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aeec1ff39c8190b83a88abd840a0e3 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b51c7d99208190baee9830cc448eee |
completed | March 14, 2026, 8:29 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5204ff8a081908976780f5f04eccd |
completed | March 14, 2026, 8:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b520a4c40c8190bb62314cac54215f |
completed | March 14, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:19 p.m.