Triple

T4150410
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Devil All the Time E89889 entity
Predicate basedOnAuthor P2806 FINISHED
Object Donald Ray Pollock
Donald Ray Pollock is an American writer known for his dark, gritty Southern Gothic fiction, including the novel "The Devil All the Time."
 E417691 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: Donald Ray Pollock | Statement: [The Devil All the Time, basedOnAuthor, Donald Ray Pollock]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Donald Ray Pollock
Context triple: [The Devil All the Time, basedOnAuthor, Donald Ray Pollock]
  • A. Ed Dorn
    Ed Dorn was an American poet associated with the Black Mountain school, known for his incisive, often politically charged verse and his long poem "Gunslinger."
  • B. Jackson Pollock
    Jackson Pollock was an influential American abstract expressionist painter best known for his innovative drip painting technique that revolutionized modern art.
  • C. Larry Poons
    Larry Poons is an American abstract painter known for his vibrant, optically dynamic compositions that evolved from dot-based Op Art to energetic, gestural abstractions.
  • D. Billy Al Bengston
    Billy Al Bengston was an American artist associated with the Los Angeles art scene and the West Coast "Finish Fetish" movement, known for his vibrant, lacquered paintings and motorcycle-inspired imagery.
  • E. Philip Whalen
    Philip Whalen was an American poet associated with the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance, known for his innovative, Zen-influenced verse.
  • 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: Donald Ray Pollock
Triple: [The Devil All the Time, basedOnAuthor, Donald Ray Pollock]
Generated description
Donald Ray Pollock is an American writer known for his dark, gritty Southern Gothic fiction, including the novel "The Devil All the Time."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Donald Ray Pollock
Target entity description: Donald Ray Pollock is an American writer known for his dark, gritty Southern Gothic fiction, including the novel "The Devil All the Time."
  • A. Ed Dorn
    Ed Dorn was an American poet associated with the Black Mountain school, known for his incisive, often politically charged verse and his long poem "Gunslinger."
  • B. Jackson Pollock
    Jackson Pollock was an influential American abstract expressionist painter best known for his innovative drip painting technique that revolutionized modern art.
  • C. Larry Poons
    Larry Poons is an American abstract painter known for his vibrant, optically dynamic compositions that evolved from dot-based Op Art to energetic, gestural abstractions.
  • D. Billy Al Bengston
    Billy Al Bengston was an American artist associated with the Los Angeles art scene and the West Coast "Finish Fetish" movement, known for his vibrant, lacquered paintings and motorcycle-inspired imagery.
  • E. Philip Whalen
    Philip Whalen was an American poet associated with the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance, known for his innovative, Zen-influenced verse.
  • 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_69aed95a59a881909b26e70b42c6811a completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af0274f440819087dd58a9ce45cce5 completed March 9, 2026, 5:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b57f34c748819093d03ccddd3e1f75 completed March 14, 2026, 3:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b57f9e42c88190b516bf8dca7b2efc completed March 14, 2026, 3:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b58028e7108190a6c92fc9ea300f9e completed March 14, 2026, 3:35 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:43 p.m.