Triple

T3926237
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject To Catch a Thief E93283 entity
Predicate authorOfSourceWork P2353 FINISHED
Object David Dodge
David Dodge was an American novelist best known for his mid-20th-century crime and adventure novels, including the book that inspired Alfred Hitchcock’s film "To Catch a Thief."
E405691 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: David Dodge | Statement: [To Catch a Thief, authorOfSourceWork, David Dodge]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Dodge
Context triple: [To Catch a Thief, authorOfSourceWork, David Dodge]
  • A. David Dodge
    David Dodge is a Canadian economist and public servant best known for serving as Governor of the Bank of Canada from 2001 to 2008.
  • B. David Dodd
    David Dodd was an American economist, Columbia Business School professor, and influential co-author of the classic value investing text "Security Analysis."
  • C. Richard J. Donovan
    Richard J. Donovan was a California legislator and public servant after whom the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego County is named.
  • D. Donald Todd
    Donald Todd is an American television writer and producer known for his work on series such as "This Is Us" and "Samantha Who?".
  • E. John Church
    John Church is a notable individual who bears the English surname "Church," though specific widely recognized details about his life or achievements are not clearly established.
  • 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: David Dodge
Triple: [To Catch a Thief, authorOfSourceWork, David Dodge]
Generated description
David Dodge was an American novelist best known for his mid-20th-century crime and adventure novels, including the book that inspired Alfred Hitchcock’s film "To Catch a Thief."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Dodge
Target entity description: David Dodge was an American novelist best known for his mid-20th-century crime and adventure novels, including the book that inspired Alfred Hitchcock’s film "To Catch a Thief."
  • A. David Dodge
    David Dodge is a Canadian economist and public servant best known for serving as Governor of the Bank of Canada from 2001 to 2008.
  • B. David Dodd
    David Dodd was an American economist, Columbia Business School professor, and influential co-author of the classic value investing text "Security Analysis."
  • C. Richard J. Donovan
    Richard J. Donovan was a California legislator and public servant after whom the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego County is named.
  • D. Donald Todd
    Donald Todd is an American television writer and producer known for his work on series such as "This Is Us" and "Samantha Who?".
  • E. John Church
    John Church is a notable individual who bears the English surname "Church," though specific widely recognized details about his life or achievements are not clearly established.
  • 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_69aed96bfa1081908f7b30f2c647dee6 completed March 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeed80a1e48190aa39748b9db42701 completed March 9, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b54c37594081909a3699bbd4863555 completed March 14, 2026, 11:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b54d06c7c881908b30ba813c009d25 completed March 14, 2026, 11:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b54d739e588190b23c06b10b4f540e completed March 14, 2026, 11:58 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:23 p.m.