Triple
T4384730
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Soul of a New Machine |
E99213
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object | Tracy Kidder |
E99213
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Tracy Kidder | Statement: [The Soul of a New Machine, author, Tracy Kidder]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tracy Kidder Context triple: [The Soul of a New Machine, author, Tracy Kidder]
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A.
Tracy Kidder
chosen
Tracy Kidder is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his narrative nonfiction works such as "The Soul of a New Machine" and "Mountains Beyond Mountains."
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B.
J. Anthony Lukas
J. Anthony Lukas was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist and author renowned for his deeply reported narrative nonfiction on social and political issues.
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C.
Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright is an American journalist, author, and screenwriter best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative nonfiction works on topics such as terrorism and Scientology.
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D.
John Tracy Kidder
John Tracy Kidder is an American author and Pulitzer Prize–winning literary journalist best known for his deeply reported nonfiction works such as "The Soul of a New Machine" and "Mountains Beyond Mountains."
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E.
Hampton Sides
Hampton Sides is an American historian and bestselling narrative nonfiction author known for his gripping accounts of exploration, war, and adventure.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69b3454f739481909ff6c28331f0c0b9 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b35263970c8190904ee20d81715833 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5f5e74ba481908876629c811d934f |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:57 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:19 p.m.