Triple

T5042019
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Asphalt Jungle (novel) E113566 entity
Predicate author P4 FINISHED
Object W. R. Burnett
W. R. Burnett was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his hardboiled crime fiction that inspired numerous classic Hollywood films.
E488528 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: W. R. Burnett | Statement: [The Asphalt Jungle (novel), author, W. R. Burnett]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W. R. Burnett
Context triple: [The Asphalt Jungle (novel), author, W. R. Burnett]
  • A. T.S. Nowlin
    T.S. Nowlin is an American screenwriter best known for his work on major science fiction and action films, including entries in the Maze Runner series and other blockbuster franchises.
  • B. Erskine Caldwell
    Erskine Caldwell was an American author best known for his novels and short stories depicting poverty and social issues in the rural American South, including works like "Tobacco Road" and "God's Little Acre."
  • C. Cecil Purdy
    Cecil Purdy was an Australian chess player, writer, and the first official World Correspondence Chess Champion, renowned for his instructional contributions to the game.
  • D. A. C. Hamlin
    A. C. Hamlin was an American physician and missionary known for his medical work and service in the Ottoman Empire during the 19th century.
  • E. E. D. Nixon
    E. D. Nixon was an African American civil rights leader and NAACP organizer in Montgomery, Alabama, who played a key role in initiating and organizing the Montgomery bus boycott.
  • 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: W. R. Burnett
Triple: [The Asphalt Jungle (novel), author, W. R. Burnett]
Generated description
W. R. Burnett was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his hardboiled crime fiction that inspired numerous classic Hollywood films.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W. R. Burnett
Target entity description: W. R. Burnett was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his hardboiled crime fiction that inspired numerous classic Hollywood films.
  • A. T.S. Nowlin
    T.S. Nowlin is an American screenwriter best known for his work on major science fiction and action films, including entries in the Maze Runner series and other blockbuster franchises.
  • B. Erskine Caldwell
    Erskine Caldwell was an American author best known for his novels and short stories depicting poverty and social issues in the rural American South, including works like "Tobacco Road" and "God's Little Acre."
  • C. Cecil Purdy
    Cecil Purdy was an Australian chess player, writer, and the first official World Correspondence Chess Champion, renowned for his instructional contributions to the game.
  • D. A. C. Hamlin
    A. C. Hamlin was an American physician and missionary known for his medical work and service in the Ottoman Empire during the 19th century.
  • E. E. D. Nixon
    E. D. Nixon was an African American civil rights leader and NAACP organizer in Montgomery, Alabama, who played a key role in initiating and organizing the Montgomery bus boycott.
  • 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_69bd44384298819089c49e7c330ec7b8 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd73de73008190b89aec9a76b43e4f completed March 20, 2026, 4:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be9c8414288190bf53a40033aa70ea completed March 21, 2026, 1:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be9e5bc02c8190bcb1442439673706 completed March 21, 2026, 1:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be9f0888cc8190bfed8337e15ca909 completed March 21, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:37 p.m.