Triple
T5693714
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk |
E125485
|
entity |
| Predicate | authorOfSourceWork |
P2353
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ben Fountain
Ben Fountain is an American author best known for his acclaimed novel "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk," a satirical exploration of war, media, and American culture.
|
E541879
|
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 Fountain | Statement: [Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, authorOfSourceWork, Ben Fountain]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Fountain Context triple: [Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, authorOfSourceWork, Ben Fountain]
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A.
T.C. Boyle
T.C. Boyle is an American novelist and short story writer known for his darkly comic, stylistically inventive fiction and exploration of social and environmental themes.
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B.
Adam Johnson
Adam Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his novel "The Orphan Master's Son," which explores life in North Korea.
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C.
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Ruben Santiago-Hudson is an American actor, playwright, and director known for his award-winning work on stage and screen, including adaptations of August Wilson’s plays.
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D.
William Faulks
William Faulks is known as the son of British novelist Sebastian Faulks.
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E.
Tobias Wolff
Tobias Wolff is an American author and memoirist renowned for his autobiographical works and short stories exploring memory, identity, and moral ambiguity.
- 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 Fountain Triple: [Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, authorOfSourceWork, Ben Fountain]
Generated description
Ben Fountain is an American author best known for his acclaimed novel "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk," a satirical exploration of war, media, and American culture.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Fountain Target entity description: Ben Fountain is an American author best known for his acclaimed novel "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk," a satirical exploration of war, media, and American culture.
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A.
T.C. Boyle
T.C. Boyle is an American novelist and short story writer known for his darkly comic, stylistically inventive fiction and exploration of social and environmental themes.
-
B.
Adam Johnson
Adam Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his novel "The Orphan Master's Son," which explores life in North Korea.
-
C.
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Ruben Santiago-Hudson is an American actor, playwright, and director known for his award-winning work on stage and screen, including adaptations of August Wilson’s plays.
-
D.
William Faulks
William Faulks is known as the son of British novelist Sebastian Faulks.
-
E.
Tobias Wolff
Tobias Wolff is an American author and memoirist renowned for his autobiographical works and short stories exploring memory, identity, and moral ambiguity.
- 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_69c0082bb19c8190823a4facd3cba79b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c023e7dbe48190850b501f223614e3 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c05a528a348190a7f6fd4cc3b76c92 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:08 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c05d8890148190a4f81b2c1ca70886 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:22 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c0620ee1848190935f5f78abbed7ba |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:41 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:44 p.m.