Triple

T763842
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Steinbeck E16129 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object Thom Steinbeck
Thom Steinbeck was an American writer and the son of Nobel Prize–winning author John Steinbeck, known for his own novels and screenwriting work.
E92272 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: Thom Steinbeck | Statement: [John Steinbeck, child, Thom Steinbeck]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thom Steinbeck
Context triple: [John Steinbeck, child, Thom Steinbeck]
  • A. John Steinbeck
    John Steinbeck was a prominent 20th-century American novelist best known for his socially conscious works such as "The Grapes of Wrath," "Of Mice and Men," and "East of Eden."
  • B. Sherwood Anderson
    Sherwood Anderson was an American modernist writer best known for his influential short story cycle "Winesburg, Ohio," which deeply explored small-town life and psychological realism.
  • C. Willa Cather
    Willa Cather was a prominent American novelist best known for her evocative depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains in works such as "My Ántonia" and "O Pioneers!".
  • D. Clarence Edmonds Hemingway
    Clarence Edmonds Hemingway was an American physician and the father of novelist Ernest Hemingway, known for his influence on Ernest’s early life and interests in nature and outdoor activities.
  • E. William Faulkner
    William Faulkner was a Nobel Prize–winning American novelist and short-story writer renowned for his complex narratives and pioneering use of stream of consciousness, particularly in works set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.
  • 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: Thom Steinbeck
Triple: [John Steinbeck, child, Thom Steinbeck]
Generated description
Thom Steinbeck was an American writer and the son of Nobel Prize–winning author John Steinbeck, known for his own novels and screenwriting work.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thom Steinbeck
Target entity description: Thom Steinbeck was an American writer and the son of Nobel Prize–winning author John Steinbeck, known for his own novels and screenwriting work.
  • A. John Steinbeck
    John Steinbeck was a prominent 20th-century American novelist best known for his socially conscious works such as "The Grapes of Wrath," "Of Mice and Men," and "East of Eden."
  • B. Sherwood Anderson
    Sherwood Anderson was an American modernist writer best known for his influential short story cycle "Winesburg, Ohio," which deeply explored small-town life and psychological realism.
  • C. Willa Cather
    Willa Cather was a prominent American novelist best known for her evocative depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains in works such as "My Ántonia" and "O Pioneers!".
  • D. Clarence Edmonds Hemingway
    Clarence Edmonds Hemingway was an American physician and the father of novelist Ernest Hemingway, known for his influence on Ernest’s early life and interests in nature and outdoor activities.
  • E. William Faulkner
    William Faulkner was a Nobel Prize–winning American novelist and short-story writer renowned for his complex narratives and pioneering use of stream of consciousness, particularly in works set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.
  • 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_69a493684ee48190bd43b7c78da4aec8 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a69c8c448190a036a04fd8fdd2c2 completed March 1, 2026, 8:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a66d9764b081908f65c677582d9c86 completed March 3, 2026, 5:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a66e046bbc8190848a0d0115dc34bd completed March 3, 2026, 5:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a66fdd09b081909056bff1a32d413c completed March 3, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.