Triple
T4560168
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Masters of Sex |
E120572
|
entity |
| Predicate | basedOnAuthor |
P2806
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Maier
Thomas Maier is an American author and journalist best known for writing the biography of sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson that inspired the television series "Masters of Sex."
|
E452304
|
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: Thomas Maier | Statement: [Masters of Sex, basedOnAuthor, Thomas Maier]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Maier Context triple: [Masters of Sex, basedOnAuthor, Thomas Maier]
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A.
Simon Kunz
Simon Kunz is a British actor known for his character roles in film, television, and theatre, including appearances in productions such as "The Bible" miniseries and "Four Weddings and a Funeral."
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B.
Robert Hartmann
Robert Hartmann is a technology entrepreneur best known as a founder of the semiconductor company Altera.
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C.
Charles Fleischmann
Charles Fleischmann was a 19th-century entrepreneur and co-founder of the Fleischmann Yeast Company, which revolutionized commercial baking in the United States.
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D.
Marten Wassmann
Marten Wassmann is an architect known for his partnership role at the Dutch architecture firm Benthem Crouwel Architekten.
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E.
Joseph Klarwein
Joseph Klarwein was a prominent Israeli architect known for designing key public and governmental buildings during the early years of the State of Israel.
- 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: Thomas Maier Triple: [Masters of Sex, basedOnAuthor, Thomas Maier]
Generated description
Thomas Maier is an American author and journalist best known for writing the biography of sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson that inspired the television series "Masters of Sex."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Maier Target entity description: Thomas Maier is an American author and journalist best known for writing the biography of sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson that inspired the television series "Masters of Sex."
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A.
Simon Kunz
Simon Kunz is a British actor known for his character roles in film, television, and theatre, including appearances in productions such as "The Bible" miniseries and "Four Weddings and a Funeral."
-
B.
Robert Hartmann
Robert Hartmann is a technology entrepreneur best known as a founder of the semiconductor company Altera.
-
C.
Charles Fleischmann
Charles Fleischmann was a 19th-century entrepreneur and co-founder of the Fleischmann Yeast Company, which revolutionized commercial baking in the United States.
-
D.
Marten Wassmann
Marten Wassmann is an architect known for his partnership role at the Dutch architecture firm Benthem Crouwel Architekten.
-
E.
Joseph Klarwein
Joseph Klarwein was a prominent Israeli architect known for designing key public and governmental buildings during the early years of the State of Israel.
- 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_69bd4636f1648190a701445c2fcd9c17 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd582b871c8190be0b70c76d639000 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 2:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bdc593eaf881908a9043366230b391 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 10:09 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bdc5f0b52c8190bbfa2a6a22d56725 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 10:10 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bdc63b1e0881908f861f7c9c5ce3ac |
completed | March 20, 2026, 10:12 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:09 p.m.