Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Gardner (British writer) E207438 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Quiet Dogs (Herbie Kruger)
The Quiet Dogs is a Cold War espionage novel by British author John Gardner featuring his recurring intelligence officer Herbie Kruger.
 E754796 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 Quiet Dogs (Herbie Kruger) | Statement: [John Gardner (British writer), notableWork, The Quiet Dogs (Herbie Kruger)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Quiet Dogs (Herbie Kruger)
Context triple: [John Gardner (British writer), notableWork, The Quiet Dogs (Herbie Kruger)]
  • A. Shep
    Shep is the station code used to identify Sheppard–Yonge station in the Toronto subway system.
  • B. Shep
    Shep is a central, brooding former basketball star in the 1994 sports drama film "Above the Rim," known for his troubled past and mentorship of the young protagonist.
  • C. Fang the Dog
    Fang the Dog is a canine film actor best known for appearing in early 20th-century Westerns and adventure movies.
  • D. Butch the Bulldog
    Butch the Bulldog is a classic Disney cartoon character known as Pluto’s tough, antagonistic canine rival.
  • E. Hector the Bulldog
    Hector the Bulldog is a tough, muscular bulldog character from the Looney Tunes cartoons, often portrayed as a protector of characters like Tweety.
  • 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 Quiet Dogs (Herbie Kruger)
Triple: [John Gardner (British writer), notableWork, The Quiet Dogs (Herbie Kruger)]
Generated description
The Quiet Dogs is a Cold War espionage novel by British author John Gardner featuring his recurring intelligence officer Herbie Kruger.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Quiet Dogs (Herbie Kruger)
Target entity description: The Quiet Dogs is a Cold War espionage novel by British author John Gardner featuring his recurring intelligence officer Herbie Kruger.
  • A. Shep
    Shep is the station code used to identify Sheppard–Yonge station in the Toronto subway system.
  • B. Shep
    Shep is a central, brooding former basketball star in the 1994 sports drama film "Above the Rim," known for his troubled past and mentorship of the young protagonist.
  • C. Fang the Dog
    Fang the Dog is a canine film actor best known for appearing in early 20th-century Westerns and adventure movies.
  • D. Butch the Bulldog
    Butch the Bulldog is a classic Disney cartoon character known as Pluto’s tough, antagonistic canine rival.
  • E. Hector the Bulldog
    Hector the Bulldog is a tough, muscular bulldog character from the Looney Tunes cartoons, often portrayed as a protector of characters like Tweety.
  • 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_69ca835a03a081909d4d4cd01a18c9fb completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc5d470c8c81909ead395ef704c6ba completed March 31, 2026, 11:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf42d5dd508190854fbbc2541aa819 completed April 3, 2026, 4:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf440051bc8190ad9d649150187932 completed April 3, 2026, 4:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf4473ee0081908ed22eb0d855d7dd completed April 3, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:38 p.m.