Triple
T5559451
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction |
E145728
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ben Karlin
Ben Karlin is an American television writer and producer best known for his work on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.
|
E547225
|
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: Ben Karlin | Statement: [America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, author, Ben Karlin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Karlin Context triple: [America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, author, Ben Karlin]
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A.
Fred Karlin
Fred Karlin was an American composer best known for his film and television scores, particularly during the 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
Mitch Kertzman
Mitch Kertzman is an American technology executive and entrepreneur best known for his leadership roles in the software and semiconductor industries, including at companies like LSI Logic and Sybase.
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C.
Rich Kleiman
Rich Kleiman is an American sports agent and entrepreneur best known as Kevin Durant’s longtime business partner and co-founder of the sports and entertainment company Boardroom and the investment firm Thirty Five Ventures.
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D.
Hal Bidlack
Hal Bidlack is an American political science professor, retired U.S. Air Force officer, and public speaker known for his work in skepticism and secular humanism.
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E.
Sol Kaplan
Sol Kaplan was an American composer best known for his film and television scores, including work in mid-20th-century Hollywood.
- 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: Ben Karlin Triple: [America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, author, Ben Karlin]
Generated description
Ben Karlin is an American television writer and producer best known for his work on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Karlin Target entity description: Ben Karlin is an American television writer and producer best known for his work on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.
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A.
Fred Karlin
Fred Karlin was an American composer best known for his film and television scores, particularly during the 1960s and 1970s.
-
B.
Mitch Kertzman
Mitch Kertzman is an American technology executive and entrepreneur best known for his leadership roles in the software and semiconductor industries, including at companies like LSI Logic and Sybase.
-
C.
Rich Kleiman
Rich Kleiman is an American sports agent and entrepreneur best known as Kevin Durant’s longtime business partner and co-founder of the sports and entertainment company Boardroom and the investment firm Thirty Five Ventures.
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D.
Hal Bidlack
Hal Bidlack is an American political science professor, retired U.S. Air Force officer, and public speaker known for his work in skepticism and secular humanism.
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E.
Sol Kaplan
Sol Kaplan was an American composer best known for his film and television scores, including work in mid-20th-century Hollywood.
- 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_69c008fcaf788190bafa02a1917ee73b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c020167afc8190b0c518907cd0d99b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c097bd26e08190a687a08323f1400a |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:30 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c098ba92408190b61b115540fce941 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:34 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c099b4bc4481909e7cf6886e5ccbea |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:39 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:36 p.m.