Triple
T5293201
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award |
E119791
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Donald E. Westlake
Donald E. Westlake was a prolific American crime and mystery novelist best known for his witty Dortmunder series and his darker Parker novels written under the pseudonym Richard Stark.
|
E510595
|
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: Donald E. Westlake | Statement: [Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award, hasRecipient, Donald E. Westlake]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald E. Westlake Context triple: [Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award, hasRecipient, Donald E. Westlake]
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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.
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.
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C.
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."
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D.
Lawrence Block
Lawrence Block is a prolific American crime and mystery novelist best known for his Matthew Scudder and Bernie Rhodenbarr series.
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E.
Mickey Spillane
Mickey Spillane was an American crime novelist best known for his hard-boiled Mike Hammer detective series.
- 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: Donald E. Westlake Triple: [Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award, hasRecipient, Donald E. Westlake]
Generated description
Donald E. Westlake was a prolific American crime and mystery novelist best known for his witty Dortmunder series and his darker Parker novels written under the pseudonym Richard Stark.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald E. Westlake Target entity description: Donald E. Westlake was a prolific American crime and mystery novelist best known for his witty Dortmunder series and his darker Parker novels written under the pseudonym Richard Stark.
-
A.
Robert B. Parker
Robert B. Parker was an American crime fiction author best known for his long-running Spenser detective novel series.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
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."
-
D.
Lawrence Block
Lawrence Block is a prolific American crime and mystery novelist best known for his Matthew Scudder and Bernie Rhodenbarr series.
-
E.
Mickey Spillane
Mickey Spillane was an American crime novelist best known for his hard-boiled Mike Hammer detective series.
- 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_69bd446f22b88190b6a47fb91c68a3e7 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd84eec0c081908da5fad1b1fff9d6 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:33 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf10dfc2948190b65f5e4c9388a5cb |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf11d5d22c819090bb78a9a5a941b6 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf124135f88190b4be475a4feecbad |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:48 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:52 p.m.