Triple

T5908467
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Osnos E131400 entity
Predicate notableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Evan Osnos
Evan Osnos is an American journalist and author known for his in-depth reporting on politics and foreign affairs, particularly U.S.-China relations, as a staff writer for The New Yorker.
 E555820 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: Evan Osnos | Statement: [Osnos, notableBearer, Evan Osnos]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Evan Osnos
Context triple: [Osnos, notableBearer, Evan Osnos]
  • A. Peter Osnos
    Peter Osnos is an American journalist, editor, and publisher best known as the founder of the PublicAffairs publishing house and for his influential role in political and current-affairs nonfiction.
  • B. Lawrence Wright
    Lawrence Wright is an American journalist, author, and screenwriter best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative nonfiction works on topics such as terrorism and Scientology.
  • C. Mark Bowden
    Mark Bowden is an American journalist and author best known for his nonfiction works on modern warfare and crime, including the acclaimed book "Black Hawk Down."
  • D. Graeme Wood
    Graeme Wood is an Australian entrepreneur best known as the founder of the online travel booking company Wotif.com.
  • E. David Ignatius
    David Ignatius is an American journalist and novelist known for his espionage thrillers and long-running foreign affairs column in The Washington Post.
  • 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: Evan Osnos
Triple: [Osnos, notableBearer, Evan Osnos]
Generated description
Evan Osnos is an American journalist and author known for his in-depth reporting on politics and foreign affairs, particularly U.S.-China relations, as a staff writer for The New Yorker.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Evan Osnos
Target entity description: Evan Osnos is an American journalist and author known for his in-depth reporting on politics and foreign affairs, particularly U.S.-China relations, as a staff writer for The New Yorker.
  • A. Peter Osnos
    Peter Osnos is an American journalist, editor, and publisher best known as the founder of the PublicAffairs publishing house and for his influential role in political and current-affairs nonfiction.
  • B. Lawrence Wright
    Lawrence Wright is an American journalist, author, and screenwriter best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative nonfiction works on topics such as terrorism and Scientology.
  • C. Mark Bowden
    Mark Bowden is an American journalist and author best known for his nonfiction works on modern warfare and crime, including the acclaimed book "Black Hawk Down."
  • D. Graeme Wood
    Graeme Wood is an Australian entrepreneur best known as the founder of the online travel booking company Wotif.com.
  • E. David Ignatius
    David Ignatius is an American journalist and novelist known for his espionage thrillers and long-running foreign affairs column in The Washington Post.
  • 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_69c008593a44819081a07ae0efe6c574 completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c03773f4188190a11276b2d5baad08 completed March 22, 2026, 6:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0c00e25f88190a5eb68ee234e4f6c completed March 23, 2026, 4:22 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0c1db6d548190ba4be143aa7c7905 completed March 23, 2026, 4:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0c2bdd44881909aa85589d31e771a completed March 23, 2026, 4:34 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:59 p.m.