Triple
T3949469
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lee Child |
E84826
|
entity |
| Predicate | influencedBy |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John D. MacDonald |
E255041
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: John D. MacDonald | Statement: [Lee Child, influencedBy, John D. MacDonald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John D. MacDonald Context triple: [Lee Child, influencedBy, John D. MacDonald]
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A.
John D. MacDonald
chosen
John D. MacDonald was an American novelist best known for his hardboiled crime and suspense fiction, including the Travis McGee series.
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B.
Elmore Leonard
Elmore Leonard was an American novelist and screenwriter renowned for his gritty crime fiction, sharp dialogue, and works such as "Rum Punch," "Get Shorty," and "Out of Sight."
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C.
Evan Hunter
Evan Hunter was an American author and screenwriter best known for his crime novels under the pen name Ed McBain and for writing the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock’s film adaptation of "The Birds."
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D.
David Morrell
David Morrell is a Canadian-American novelist best known for creating the character John Rambo in his debut novel "First Blood."
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E.
Raymond Gardner
Raymond Gardner was the brother of famed American actress Ava Gardner, a member of the Gardner family from rural North Carolina.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:30 p.m.