Triple
T4567679
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Drowning Pool |
E121948
|
entity |
| Predicate | authorOfSourceWork |
P2353
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ross Macdonald
Ross Macdonald was an American-Canadian crime writer best known for his hardboiled Lew Archer detective novels, which helped elevate the psychological depth and literary status of mid-20th-century mystery fiction.
|
E454326
|
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: Ross Macdonald | Statement: [The Drowning Pool, authorOfSourceWork, Ross Macdonald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ross Macdonald Context triple: [The Drowning Pool, authorOfSourceWork, Ross Macdonald]
-
A.
Robert B. Parker
Robert B. Parker was an American crime fiction author best known for his long-running Spenser detective novel series.
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B.
Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler was an influential American-British novelist and screenwriter best known for his hardboiled detective fiction featuring private investigator Philip Marlowe.
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C.
James M. Cain
James M. Cain was an American novelist and journalist best known for his hardboiled crime fiction, including classics like "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and "Double Indemnity."
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D.
Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett was an American author and former detective best known for pioneering the hard-boiled crime genre with works such as "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man."
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E.
Erle Stanley Gardner
Erle Stanley Gardner was an American lawyer-turned-author best known for his prolific series of Perry Mason detective novels, which became a cornerstone of 20th-century crime fiction.
- 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: Ross Macdonald Triple: [The Drowning Pool, authorOfSourceWork, Ross Macdonald]
Generated description
Ross Macdonald was an American-Canadian crime writer best known for his hardboiled Lew Archer detective novels, which helped elevate the psychological depth and literary status of mid-20th-century mystery fiction.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ross Macdonald Target entity description: Ross Macdonald was an American-Canadian crime writer best known for his hardboiled Lew Archer detective novels, which helped elevate the psychological depth and literary status of mid-20th-century mystery fiction.
-
A.
Robert B. Parker
Robert B. Parker was an American crime fiction author best known for his long-running Spenser detective novel series.
-
B.
Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler was an influential American-British novelist and screenwriter best known for his hardboiled detective fiction featuring private investigator Philip Marlowe.
-
C.
James M. Cain
James M. Cain was an American novelist and journalist best known for his hardboiled crime fiction, including classics like "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and "Double Indemnity."
-
D.
Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett was an American author and former detective best known for pioneering the hard-boiled crime genre with works such as "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man."
-
E.
Erle Stanley Gardner
Erle Stanley Gardner was an American lawyer-turned-author best known for his prolific series of Perry Mason detective novels, which became a cornerstone of 20th-century crime fiction.
- 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_69bd463f156881908a99aca69c5721ac |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd589faccc8190ac0354644099810d |
completed | March 20, 2026, 2:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bdd3bf54448190a7e65cee1a5c48e3 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 11:09 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bdd9d583248190ab8e3d5b9b34bd0f |
completed | March 20, 2026, 11:35 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bdda765f18819088cacca8fae77084 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 11:38 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:09 p.m.