Triple

T7257164
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject George Englund E157749 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Ugly American
The Ugly American is a 1958 political novel by William Lederer and Eugene Burdick, later adapted into a 1963 film, that critiques American diplomatic and military conduct in Southeast Asia during the Cold War.
E652657 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 Ugly American | Statement: [George Englund, notableWork, The Ugly American]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ugly American
Context triple: [George Englund, notableWork, The Ugly American]
  • A. An American in Washington
    "An American in Washington" is a book by Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist and humorist Russell Baker, offering his characteristically witty observations on American politics and life in the nation’s capital.
  • B. The Quiet American
    The Quiet American is a 2002 film adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel, set in 1950s Vietnam and exploring political intrigue, moral ambiguity, and the early stages of U.S. involvement in the region.
  • C. The Quiet American
    The Quiet American is a 1955 political novel by Graham Greene that explores moral ambiguity, love, and early U.S. involvement in Vietnam through the intertwined lives of a British journalist and an idealistic American.
  • D. La embajada
    La embajada is a Spanish television drama series centered on political intrigue and corruption within a Spanish embassy abroad.
  • E. America’s Ambassadors in Blue
    America’s Ambassadors in Blue is the official motto of the United States Air Force Thunderbirds, highlighting their role as high-profile aerial demonstration representatives of the U.S. Air Force.
  • 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 Ugly American
Triple: [George Englund, notableWork, The Ugly American]
Generated description
The Ugly American is a 1958 political novel by William Lederer and Eugene Burdick, later adapted into a 1963 film, that critiques American diplomatic and military conduct in Southeast Asia during the Cold War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ugly American
Target entity description: The Ugly American is a 1958 political novel by William Lederer and Eugene Burdick, later adapted into a 1963 film, that critiques American diplomatic and military conduct in Southeast Asia during the Cold War.
  • A. An American in Washington
    "An American in Washington" is a book by Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist and humorist Russell Baker, offering his characteristically witty observations on American politics and life in the nation’s capital.
  • B. The Quiet American
    The Quiet American is a 2002 film adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel, set in 1950s Vietnam and exploring political intrigue, moral ambiguity, and the early stages of U.S. involvement in the region.
  • C. The Quiet American
    The Quiet American is a 1955 political novel by Graham Greene that explores moral ambiguity, love, and early U.S. involvement in Vietnam through the intertwined lives of a British journalist and an idealistic American.
  • D. La embajada
    La embajada is a Spanish television drama series centered on political intrigue and corruption within a Spanish embassy abroad.
  • E. America’s Ambassadors in Blue
    America’s Ambassadors in Blue is the official motto of the United States Air Force Thunderbirds, highlighting their role as high-profile aerial demonstration representatives of the U.S. Air Force.
  • 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_69c6882d81d4819085f7ff862951ee4f completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6eaa3d88081908f59ca5a85790290 completed March 27, 2026, 8:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7d3b541708190b66233813b167453 completed March 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7d44f36e881909d107cc625ebcfca completed March 28, 2026, 1:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7d4cc3e78819098eb8ccfe7c42cc5 completed March 28, 2026, 1:17 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:57 p.m.