Triple
T5899172
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Charlie Gehringer |
E131176
|
entity |
| Predicate | nickname |
P55
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Mechanical Man
The Mechanical Man was the nickname of Charlie Gehringer, a Hall of Fame second baseman for the Detroit Tigers renowned for his consistent, machine-like excellence in hitting and fielding.
|
E554625
|
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: The Mechanical Man | Statement: [Charlie Gehringer, nickname, The Mechanical Man]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Mechanical Man Context triple: [Charlie Gehringer, nickname, The Mechanical Man]
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A.
The Machine
The Machine is the nickname of Albert Pujols, a Dominican-American former Major League Baseball first baseman renowned for his remarkably consistent and powerful hitting.
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B.
The Machine
The Machine is a powerful, clandestine artificial superintelligence from the TV series "Person of Interest" that predicts violent crimes by analyzing global surveillance data.
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C.
The Human Machine
The Human Machine is a classic art instruction book by George Bridgman that analyzes human anatomy and mechanics to help artists draw the figure more convincingly.
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D.
Mechanical Head (The Spirit of Our Age)
Mechanical Head (The Spirit of Our Age) is a 1920 assemblage sculpture by Raoul Hausmann that exemplifies Dada’s anti-rational, anti-bourgeois critique through a mannequin head covered with everyday objects.
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E.
Bone Machine
"Bone Machine" is the opening track of the Pixies' influential 1988 album *Surfer Rosa*, known for its raw sound and surreal, fragmented lyrics.
- 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: The Mechanical Man Triple: [Charlie Gehringer, nickname, The Mechanical Man]
Generated description
The Mechanical Man was the nickname of Charlie Gehringer, a Hall of Fame second baseman for the Detroit Tigers renowned for his consistent, machine-like excellence in hitting and fielding.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Mechanical Man Target entity description: The Mechanical Man was the nickname of Charlie Gehringer, a Hall of Fame second baseman for the Detroit Tigers renowned for his consistent, machine-like excellence in hitting and fielding.
-
A.
The Machine
The Machine is the nickname of Albert Pujols, a Dominican-American former Major League Baseball first baseman renowned for his remarkably consistent and powerful hitting.
-
B.
The Machine
The Machine is a powerful, clandestine artificial superintelligence from the TV series "Person of Interest" that predicts violent crimes by analyzing global surveillance data.
-
C.
The Human Machine
The Human Machine is a classic art instruction book by George Bridgman that analyzes human anatomy and mechanics to help artists draw the figure more convincingly.
-
D.
Mechanical Head (The Spirit of Our Age)
Mechanical Head (The Spirit of Our Age) is a 1920 assemblage sculpture by Raoul Hausmann that exemplifies Dada’s anti-rational, anti-bourgeois critique through a mannequin head covered with everyday objects.
-
E.
Bone Machine
"Bone Machine" is the opening track of the Pixies' influential 1988 album *Surfer Rosa*, known for its raw sound and surreal, fragmented lyrics.
- 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_69c00857439c819095950754176aa58a |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c036f7b3f48190a499d43f8ffb2fa7 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0b15df86481908b59717b9de63655 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 3:19 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c0b27438a08190ab6b72c8fd682bf6 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 3:24 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c0b309a70081908ad3e819879b17e4 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 3:27 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:58 p.m.