Triple
T803908
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Willa Cather |
E17189
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Cather |
E17189
|
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: Cather | Statement: [Willa Cather, familyName, Cather]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cather Context triple: [Willa Cather, familyName, Cather]
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A.
Willa Cather
chosen
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!".
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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.
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C.
Frank Norris
Frank Norris was an American novelist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries known for his naturalistic works such as "McTeague" and "The Octopus," which explored the harsh realities of American life and capitalism.
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D.
Kay Boyle
Kay Boyle was an American writer and political activist associated with the Lost Generation, known for her experimental fiction, poetry, and short stories set in Europe between the World Wars.
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E.
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.
- 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_69a49378b9c48190adbf5f62e5b7aca1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4aabebff08190880e4876ff58bcfe |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a76d83cf448190a2205cd777386833 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 11:23 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.