Triple

T4337387
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance E97496 entity
Predicate shortStoryAuthor P36129 FINISHED
Object Dorothy M. Johnson
Dorothy M. Johnson was an American Western author best known for her influential short stories that inspired classic films such as "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" and "A Man Called Horse."
E494353 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Dorothy M. Johnson | Statement: [The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, shortStoryAuthor, Dorothy M. Johnson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dorothy M. Johnson
Context triple: [The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, shortStoryAuthor, Dorothy M. Johnson]
  • A. Margaret C. Etter
    Margaret C. Etter was an influential American chemist and crystallographer known for pioneering work in hydrogen bonding and crystal engineering.
  • B. Dorothy E. Davis
    Dorothy E. Davis was the lead student plaintiff in the Virginia school desegregation case Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, one of the five cases consolidated into the landmark Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education.
  • C. Dorothy Yost
    Dorothy Yost was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s early sound era, known for contributing to numerous studio films across genres.
  • D. Dolores H. Russ
    Dolores H. Russ was an American philanthropist and co-namesake of the prestigious Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize in engineering.
  • E. Joan E. Chapman
    Joan E. Chapman is a film editor known for her work on the action movie "First Blood."
  • 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: Dorothy M. Johnson
Triple: [The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, shortStoryAuthor, Dorothy M. Johnson]
Generated description
Dorothy M. Johnson was an American Western author best known for her influential short stories that inspired classic films such as "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" and "A Man Called Horse."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dorothy M. Johnson
Target entity description: Dorothy M. Johnson was an American Western author best known for her influential short stories that inspired classic films such as "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" and "A Man Called Horse."
  • A. Margaret C. Etter
    Margaret C. Etter was an influential American chemist and crystallographer known for pioneering work in hydrogen bonding and crystal engineering.
  • B. Dorothy E. Davis
    Dorothy E. Davis was the lead student plaintiff in the Virginia school desegregation case Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, one of the five cases consolidated into the landmark Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education.
  • C. Dorothy Yost
    Dorothy Yost was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s early sound era, known for contributing to numerous studio films across genres.
  • D. Dolores H. Russ
    Dolores H. Russ was an American philanthropist and co-namesake of the prestigious Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize in engineering.
  • E. Joan E. Chapman
    Joan E. Chapman is a film editor known for her work on the action movie "First Blood."
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: shortStoryAuthor
Context triple: [The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, shortStoryAuthor, Dorothy M. Johnson]
  • A. storyBy
    Indicates that one entity is the creator or author of the story associated with another entity.
  • B. literaryAuthor chosen
    Indicates that one entity is the author or writer of a literary work represented by the other entity.
  • C. originStorySummary
    Indicates a brief narrative explaining how something began, was created, or came into existence.
  • D. traditionalAuthor
    Indicates that an entity is regarded as the conventional or historically accepted author of a work, even if actual authorship may be uncertain or disputed.
  • E. narratorTitle
    Indicates that a given title or designation is held by the narrator of a work or narrative.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69b3454662a481908fbcd0bbfaa3a0a4 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3516c621881909f094d040d4805e9 completed March 12, 2026, 11:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69beba400cd88190a2348ec3ac6b711e completed March 21, 2026, 3:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bebcf50f288190a06efc75ecb104a9 completed March 21, 2026, 3:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bebd44820081908fc05f5ebd66099f completed March 21, 2026, 3:46 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69b34f4fe1c481908d6d66e15697c04b completed March 12, 2026, 11:42 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:14 p.m.