Triple
T4347167
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Destry (1954 film) |
E97932
|
entity |
| Predicate | authorOfSourceWork |
P2353
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Max Brand
Max Brand was the pen name of American author Frederick Schiller Faust, a highly prolific and influential writer best known for his Western novels and stories.
|
E432473
|
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: Max Brand | Statement: [Destry (1954 film), authorOfSourceWork, Max Brand]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Max Brand Context triple: [Destry (1954 film), authorOfSourceWork, Max Brand]
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A.
Irving Wallace
Irving Wallace was an American novelist and screenwriter known for his bestselling, often controversial, popular fiction exploring sexuality, power, and social issues.
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B.
Raymond Boyd
Raymond Boyd is a linguist known for his research on the Adamawa–Ubangi branch of the Niger-Congo language family.
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C.
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson was an American pulp writer and comic book pioneer who created the company that would evolve into DC Comics, helping to launch the modern comic book industry.
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D.
Edward E. Smith
Edward E. Smith was an American science fiction author best known for his pioneering space opera novels, particularly the Lensman and Skylark series.
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E.
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."
- 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: Max Brand Triple: [Destry (1954 film), authorOfSourceWork, Max Brand]
Generated description
Max Brand was the pen name of American author Frederick Schiller Faust, a highly prolific and influential writer best known for his Western novels and stories.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Max Brand Target entity description: Max Brand was the pen name of American author Frederick Schiller Faust, a highly prolific and influential writer best known for his Western novels and stories.
-
A.
Irving Wallace
Irving Wallace was an American novelist and screenwriter known for his bestselling, often controversial, popular fiction exploring sexuality, power, and social issues.
-
B.
Raymond Boyd
Raymond Boyd is a linguist known for his research on the Adamawa–Ubangi branch of the Niger-Congo language family.
-
C.
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson was an American pulp writer and comic book pioneer who created the company that would evolve into DC Comics, helping to launch the modern comic book industry.
-
D.
Edward E. Smith
Edward E. Smith was an American science fiction author best known for his pioneering space opera novels, particularly the Lensman and Skylark series.
-
E.
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."
- 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_69b34548402c819085ab68b27c235a87 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b3518d6728819084a2f40ae0bd3ac8 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5dba958b88190b1b4efe4274cd060 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:05 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5dc1eedc08190b50b72b59cf1dcf0 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:07 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5dcbf4d5081908d24bce8e2769124 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:10 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:15 p.m.