Triple
T6112150
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lester del Rey |
E136268
|
entity |
| Predicate | pseudonym |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Philip St. John
Philip St. John is a pseudonym used by American science fiction author and editor Lester del Rey.
|
E574838
|
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: Philip St. John | Statement: [Lester del Rey, pseudonym, Philip St. John]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philip St. John Context triple: [Lester del Rey, pseudonym, Philip St. John]
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A.
John Paddy Carstairs
John Paddy Carstairs was a British film director and screenwriter best known for his work on mid-20th-century comedies, including several films starring Norman Wisdom.
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B.
Rupert Baxter
Rupert Baxter is a recurring character in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories, known as the hyper-efficient, suspicious former secretary whose attempts to impose order often lead to comic chaos.
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C.
Edgar Selwyn
Edgar Selwyn was an American playwright, director, producer, and film executive who co-founded Goldwyn Pictures and played a significant role in early Hollywood and Broadway.
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D.
Tony Bancroft
Tony Bancroft is an American animator and film director best known for co-directing Disney’s animated feature "Mulan."
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E.
Sir John Mennes
Sir John Mennes was a 17th-century English naval officer, administrator, and poet who served as Comptroller of the Navy during the Restoration period.
- 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: Philip St. John Triple: [Lester del Rey, pseudonym, Philip St. John]
Generated description
Philip St. John is a pseudonym used by American science fiction author and editor Lester del Rey.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philip St. John Target entity description: Philip St. John is a pseudonym used by American science fiction author and editor Lester del Rey.
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A.
John Paddy Carstairs
John Paddy Carstairs was a British film director and screenwriter best known for his work on mid-20th-century comedies, including several films starring Norman Wisdom.
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B.
Rupert Baxter
Rupert Baxter is a recurring character in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories, known as the hyper-efficient, suspicious former secretary whose attempts to impose order often lead to comic chaos.
-
C.
Edgar Selwyn
Edgar Selwyn was an American playwright, director, producer, and film executive who co-founded Goldwyn Pictures and played a significant role in early Hollywood and Broadway.
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D.
Tony Bancroft
Tony Bancroft is an American animator and film director best known for co-directing Disney’s animated feature "Mulan."
-
E.
Sir John Mennes
Sir John Mennes was a 17th-century English naval officer, administrator, and poet who served as Comptroller of the Navy during the Restoration period.
- 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_69c0089ea6f88190b349be53e04b4f5f |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c05bbde2048190909aa3a8097bcf93 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c16eb7a0548190ab661b0e68a4ef47 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 4:47 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c1c07cb6f481909cedcaa14b991b74 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 10:36 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c1c14d07848190868e6069307da7aa |
completed | March 23, 2026, 10:40 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:13 p.m.