Triple
T711271
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Curse of Capistrano |
E14211
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Johnston McCulley |
E74638
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Johnston McCulley | Statement: [The Curse of Capistrano, author, Johnston McCulley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johnston McCulley Context triple: [The Curse of Capistrano, author, Johnston McCulley]
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A.
Johnston McCulley
chosen
Johnston McCulley was an American writer best known as the creator of the swashbuckling masked hero Zorro.
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B.
Barton MacLane
Barton MacLane was an American character actor known for his tough-guy roles in numerous Hollywood films and later for his work in early television.
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C.
Joseph McCoy
Joseph McCoy was a 19th-century American cattle dealer and entrepreneur best known for turning Abilene, Kansas into a major cattle-shipping center and helping establish the famous Western cattle trails.
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D.
William McSweeny
William McSweeny is an author best known for co-writing the autobiography "Go Up for Glory" with basketball legend Bill Russell.
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E.
Richard Stolley
Richard Stolley was an influential American magazine editor best known for shaping modern celebrity journalism as the founding managing editor of People magazine.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a4934a36e081909e7abef98b898a4e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a55c99fc8190941c5fd18551792a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adeaad456481908cf9fb412bdf90f0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 9:31 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.