Triple
T395367
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Random House |
E8970
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableAuthorPublished |
P7039
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Michener
James Michener was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his meticulously researched, epic historical novels such as "Tales of the South Pacific" and "Hawaii."
|
E49812
|
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 Michener | Statement: [Random House, notableAuthorPublished, James Michener]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Michener Context triple: [Random House, notableAuthorPublished, James Michener]
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A.
Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer was a prominent American novelist, journalist, and essayist known for works like "The Naked and the Dead" and for co-founding The Village Voice.
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B.
Campbell McInnes
Campbell McInnes is a film producer best known for his work on the political drama "Chappaquiddick," which explores the 1969 incident involving Senator Ted Kennedy.
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C.
John Irving
John Irving is an American novelist and screenwriter best known for works such as "The World According to Garp," "The Cider House Rules," and "A Prayer for Owen Meany," which often blend dark humor with complex family dramas.
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D.
Alfred W. Crosby
Alfred W. Crosby was an American environmental historian whose influential work on ecological and cultural consequences of European expansion helped establish the field of environmental history.
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E.
Kai Bird
Kai Bird is an American historian, biographer, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for co-writing the J. Robert Oppenheimer biography "American Prometheus."
- 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 Michener Triple: [Random House, notableAuthorPublished, James Michener]
Generated description
James Michener was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his meticulously researched, epic historical novels such as "Tales of the South Pacific" and "Hawaii."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Michener Target entity description: James Michener was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his meticulously researched, epic historical novels such as "Tales of the South Pacific" and "Hawaii."
-
A.
Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer was a prominent American novelist, journalist, and essayist known for works like "The Naked and the Dead" and for co-founding The Village Voice.
-
B.
Campbell McInnes
Campbell McInnes is a film producer best known for his work on the political drama "Chappaquiddick," which explores the 1969 incident involving Senator Ted Kennedy.
-
C.
John Irving
John Irving is an American novelist and screenwriter best known for works such as "The World According to Garp," "The Cider House Rules," and "A Prayer for Owen Meany," which often blend dark humor with complex family dramas.
-
D.
Alfred W. Crosby
Alfred W. Crosby was an American environmental historian whose influential work on ecological and cultural consequences of European expansion helped establish the field of environmental history.
-
E.
Kai Bird
Kai Bird is an American historian, biographer, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for co-writing the J. Robert Oppenheimer biography "American Prometheus."
- 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_69a2e7f55c60819097aff65ea2ca2832 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ec792dd081909b6b18a854139f8c |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a405fa43448190b3e78d83e791b105 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:25 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4070f76308190bd898dcdb27f3277 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:29 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a40794523081908839f90446beba83 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:32 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.