Triple
T545155
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Émile Zola |
E12715
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair was an American novelist and social reformer best known for his muckraking works like "The Jungle," which exposed industrial and social injustices in the early 20th century United States.
|
E68786
|
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: Upton Sinclair | Statement: [Émile Zola, influenced, Upton Sinclair]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Upton Sinclair Context triple: [Émile Zola, influenced, Upton Sinclair]
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A.
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser was an American novelist and journalist known for his naturalistic, unvarnished portrayals of urban life and social inequality in works such as "Sister Carrie" and "An American Tragedy."
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B.
Jack London
Jack London was an American novelist and short-story writer best known for adventure classics such as "The Call of the Wild" and "White Fang."
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C.
William English Walling
William English Walling was an American labor reformer, socialist, and journalist who played a key role in early 20th-century civil rights activism.
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D.
Charles Dudley Warner
Charles Dudley Warner was a 19th-century American essayist and novelist best known for co-authoring "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" with Mark Twain, which gave its name to the era of rapid economic growth and social inequality in post–Civil War America.
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E.
William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells was a prominent 19th-century American realist author, critic, and editor often called the "Dean of American Letters."
- 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: Upton Sinclair Triple: [Émile Zola, influenced, Upton Sinclair]
Generated description
Upton Sinclair was an American novelist and social reformer best known for his muckraking works like "The Jungle," which exposed industrial and social injustices in the early 20th century United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Upton Sinclair Target entity description: Upton Sinclair was an American novelist and social reformer best known for his muckraking works like "The Jungle," which exposed industrial and social injustices in the early 20th century United States.
-
A.
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser was an American novelist and journalist known for his naturalistic, unvarnished portrayals of urban life and social inequality in works such as "Sister Carrie" and "An American Tragedy."
-
B.
Jack London
Jack London was an American novelist and short-story writer best known for adventure classics such as "The Call of the Wild" and "White Fang."
-
C.
William English Walling
William English Walling was an American labor reformer, socialist, and journalist who played a key role in early 20th-century civil rights activism.
-
D.
Charles Dudley Warner
Charles Dudley Warner was a 19th-century American essayist and novelist best known for co-authoring "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" with Mark Twain, which gave its name to the era of rapid economic growth and social inequality in post–Civil War America.
-
E.
William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells was a prominent 19th-century American realist author, critic, and editor often called the "Dean of American Letters."
- 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_69a49334226c81908b0ea1689ef6aa3f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a498dfec5c81908b76d723b30dc2f0 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a4e02e0c1c81908fcb5356dc2b8f97 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 12:56 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4e124306c8190bce165e684507553 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 1 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4e1e73b0c8190b4f050f76f8e58de |
completed | March 2, 2026, 1:03 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.