Triple

T7590442
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Capital Crimes series universe E179722 entity
Predicate hasCreator P806 FINISHED
Object Donald Bain
Donald Bain was an American author best known for writing numerous tie-in and mystery novels, including many books in the "Murder, She Wrote" series.
E675288 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: Donald Bain | Statement: [Capital Crimes series universe, hasCreator, Donald Bain]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Bain
Context triple: [Capital Crimes series universe, hasCreator, Donald Bain]
  • A. Thomas Sutherland
    Thomas Sutherland was a 19th-century Scottish banker best known for founding the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), which grew into one of the world’s largest banking institutions.
  • B. Donald William Johnston
    Donald William Johnston, better known as Bob Johnston, was an American record producer renowned for his work with iconic artists such as Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, and Leonard Cohen in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • C. Hugh Baird
    Hugh Baird was a Scottish civil engineer best known for his major role in early 19th-century canal design and construction.
  • D. James Acheson
    James Acheson is an acclaimed British costume designer best known for his Oscar-winning work on films such as "The Last Emperor" and "Dangerous Liaisons."
  • E. John C. Munro
    John C. Munro was a Canadian politician who served as a longtime Member of Parliament and cabinet minister, notably representing the Hamilton area.
  • 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: Donald Bain
Triple: [Capital Crimes series universe, hasCreator, Donald Bain]
Generated description
Donald Bain was an American author best known for writing numerous tie-in and mystery novels, including many books in the "Murder, She Wrote" series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Bain
Target entity description: Donald Bain was an American author best known for writing numerous tie-in and mystery novels, including many books in the "Murder, She Wrote" series.
  • A. Thomas Sutherland
    Thomas Sutherland was a 19th-century Scottish banker best known for founding the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), which grew into one of the world’s largest banking institutions.
  • B. Donald William Johnston
    Donald William Johnston, better known as Bob Johnston, was an American record producer renowned for his work with iconic artists such as Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, and Leonard Cohen in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • C. Hugh Baird
    Hugh Baird was a Scottish civil engineer best known for his major role in early 19th-century canal design and construction.
  • D. James Acheson
    James Acheson is an acclaimed British costume designer best known for his Oscar-winning work on films such as "The Last Emperor" and "Dangerous Liaisons."
  • E. John C. Munro
    John C. Munro was a Canadian politician who served as a longtime Member of Parliament and cabinet minister, notably representing the Hamilton area.
  • 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_69c69f335248819093c1006f30513708 completed March 27, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f9b615f481908b2fe7e8aaed81bc completed March 27, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c86192b5d88190b0a02cf303462bfb completed March 28, 2026, 11:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8628d252c8190bc67e90f497f1ada completed March 28, 2026, 11:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8631e5c2c8190b1c593ca9bbf039c completed March 28, 2026, 11:24 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:53 p.m.