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]
  • 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."
  • 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.
  • 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 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.
  • 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."
  • 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.
  • 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.