Triple
T8950834
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Paul Edgecombe |
E213341
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Brutus Howell |
E721734
|
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: Brutus Howell | Statement: [Paul Edgecombe, associatedWith, Brutus Howell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brutus Howell Context triple: [Paul Edgecombe, associatedWith, Brutus Howell]
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A.
Brutus Howell
chosen
Brutus Howell is a senior prison guard and close colleague of Paul Edgecombe in Stephen King’s novel "The Green Mile," known for his fairness and compassion toward death row inmates.
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B.
James Howell
James Howell was a 17th-century Welsh writer and historian best known for his epistolary work "Familiar Letters" and for serving as historiographer royal to King Charles I of England.
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C.
Thomas Howell
Thomas Howell is a relatively common personal name that may refer to various individuals across different fields, such as politics, academia, or the arts.
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D.
Cincinnatus Powell
Cincinnatus Powell was a professional basketball player best known for his standout scoring and rebounding in the American Basketball Association during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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E.
Isham Randolph
Isham Randolph was an 18th-century Virginia planter and sea captain, best known as the grandfather of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.
- 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_69ca839843408190a39069a029a89f15 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc670c7244819084978922a9835bc9 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:30 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfc20a5ab481909e10f3abf679ec4c |
completed | April 3, 2026, 1:35 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:59 p.m.