Triple
T4123350
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tortilla Flat |
E92664
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Big Joe Portagee
Big Joe Portagee is a colorful, hard-drinking paisano and one of the central members of the bohemian friend group in John Steinbeck’s novel "Tortilla Flat."
|
E416337
|
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: Big Joe Portagee | Statement: [Tortilla Flat, mainCharacter, Big Joe Portagee]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Big Joe Portagee Context triple: [Tortilla Flat, mainCharacter, Big Joe Portagee]
-
A.
Big Joe
Big Joe is the official mascot of the Canadian Football League’s Ottawa Redblacks, typically depicted as a lumberjack symbolizing the city’s logging heritage.
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B.
Whitey Marsh
Whitey Marsh is the tough, streetwise orphan who becomes the central reformed youth in the classic 1938 film "Boys Town."
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C.
Brown Jackson
Brown Jackson is the hyphenated family name of Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
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D.
Rollo Lee
Rollo Lee is the bumbling yet well-meaning zoo manager played by John Cleese in the British comedy film "Fierce Creatures."
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E.
Ray Blanton
Ray Blanton was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Tennessee in the late 1970s and became notorious for a clemency scandal involving the controversial pardoning of prisoners.
- 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: Big Joe Portagee Triple: [Tortilla Flat, mainCharacter, Big Joe Portagee]
Generated description
Big Joe Portagee is a colorful, hard-drinking paisano and one of the central members of the bohemian friend group in John Steinbeck’s novel "Tortilla Flat."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Big Joe Portagee Target entity description: Big Joe Portagee is a colorful, hard-drinking paisano and one of the central members of the bohemian friend group in John Steinbeck’s novel "Tortilla Flat."
-
A.
Big Joe
Big Joe is the official mascot of the Canadian Football League’s Ottawa Redblacks, typically depicted as a lumberjack symbolizing the city’s logging heritage.
-
B.
Whitey Marsh
Whitey Marsh is the tough, streetwise orphan who becomes the central reformed youth in the classic 1938 film "Boys Town."
-
C.
Brown Jackson
Brown Jackson is the hyphenated family name of Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
-
D.
Rollo Lee
Rollo Lee is the bumbling yet well-meaning zoo manager played by John Cleese in the British comedy film "Fierce Creatures."
-
E.
Ray Blanton
Ray Blanton was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Tennessee in the late 1970s and became notorious for a clemency scandal involving the controversial pardoning of prisoners.
- 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_69aed9685f70819086932777aec8d959 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69af020728a08190a50a16b40690cbce |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b576b405548190affdd8bb108995b1 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:54 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b577653214819093396a8601e52245 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:57 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b57b90cb308190ba102f999795829c |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:15 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:41 p.m.