Triple
T3949413
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lee Child |
E84826
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Dover Grant
James Dover Grant is a British author best known by his pen name Lee Child, under which he writes the popular Jack Reacher thriller series.
|
E401410
|
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: James Dover Grant | Statement: [Lee Child, birthName, James Dover Grant]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Dover Grant Context triple: [Lee Child, birthName, James Dover Grant]
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A.
Hugh John Mungo Grant
Hugh John Mungo Grant is a British actor known for his charismatic performances in romantic comedies such as "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Notting Hill," and "Love Actually."
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B.
William Grady Little
William Grady Little is an American former Major League Baseball manager best known for managing the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers in the early 2000s.
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C.
Fairfax Grant
Fairfax Grant was a colonial-era land grant in the mid-Atlantic region that played a key role in shaping the historical boundary between Maryland and what is now West Virginia.
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D.
Thomas Bladen Alexander
Thomas Bladen Alexander was a 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
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E.
James Edward Grant
James Edward Grant was an American screenwriter and director best known for his prolific collaborations on Western films, particularly with John Wayne.
- 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: James Dover Grant Triple: [Lee Child, birthName, James Dover Grant]
Generated description
James Dover Grant is a British author best known by his pen name Lee Child, under which he writes the popular Jack Reacher thriller series.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Dover Grant Target entity description: James Dover Grant is a British author best known by his pen name Lee Child, under which he writes the popular Jack Reacher thriller series.
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A.
Hugh John Mungo Grant
Hugh John Mungo Grant is a British actor known for his charismatic performances in romantic comedies such as "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Notting Hill," and "Love Actually."
-
B.
William Grady Little
William Grady Little is an American former Major League Baseball manager best known for managing the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers in the early 2000s.
-
C.
Fairfax Grant
Fairfax Grant was a colonial-era land grant in the mid-Atlantic region that played a key role in shaping the historical boundary between Maryland and what is now West Virginia.
-
D.
Thomas Bladen Alexander
Thomas Bladen Alexander was a 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
-
E.
James Edward Grant
James Edward Grant was an American screenwriter and director best known for his prolific collaborations on Western films, particularly with John Wayne.
- 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_69aed934fbfc8190847068e4546de963 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aef910ecc08190a4fca89bcf063e0c |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5339feb4c8190ad96a5680cb5294e |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5346fb3648190b2b72e10179588ed |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:11 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b534e98b8081909c2b71ff20fe0bb4 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:14 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:30 p.m.