Triple

T9814992
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lacey Pemberton E238378 entity
Predicate hasFriend P8712 FINISHED
Object Ben Starling
Ben Starling is a character in John Green’s novel "Paper Towns," known as one of Quentin Jacobsen’s loyal and humorous best friends.
E823582 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: Ben Starling | Statement: [Lacey Pemberton, hasFriend, Ben Starling]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Starling
Context triple: [Lacey Pemberton, hasFriend, Ben Starling]
  • A. Michael Starrbury
    Michael Starrbury is an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on socially conscious film and television projects, including co-writing Ava DuVernay’s acclaimed miniseries "When They See Us."
  • B. Ben Starr
    Ben Starr was an American television and film writer best known for his work on classic sitcoms and comedy scripts in the mid-20th century.
  • C. Alex Datcher
    Alex Datcher is an American actress best known for her role as a flight attendant alongside Wesley Snipes in the 1992 action film "Passenger 57."
  • D. Dean Stanton
    Dean Stanton is a compassionate and soft-spoken prison guard in Stephen King’s novel *The Green Mile*, known for his humane treatment of death row inmates at Cold Mountain Penitentiary.
  • E. Maury Sterling
    Maury Sterling is an American actor best known for his role as surveillance expert Max in the television series "Homeland."
  • 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: Ben Starling
Triple: [Lacey Pemberton, hasFriend, Ben Starling]
Generated description
Ben Starling is a character in John Green’s novel "Paper Towns," known as one of Quentin Jacobsen’s loyal and humorous best friends.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Starling
Target entity description: Ben Starling is a character in John Green’s novel "Paper Towns," known as one of Quentin Jacobsen’s loyal and humorous best friends.
  • A. Michael Starrbury
    Michael Starrbury is an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on socially conscious film and television projects, including co-writing Ava DuVernay’s acclaimed miniseries "When They See Us."
  • B. Ben Starr
    Ben Starr was an American television and film writer best known for his work on classic sitcoms and comedy scripts in the mid-20th century.
  • C. Alex Datcher
    Alex Datcher is an American actress best known for her role as a flight attendant alongside Wesley Snipes in the 1992 action film "Passenger 57."
  • D. Dean Stanton
    Dean Stanton is a compassionate and soft-spoken prison guard in Stephen King’s novel *The Green Mile*, known for his humane treatment of death row inmates at Cold Mountain Penitentiary.
  • E. Maury Sterling
    Maury Sterling is an American actor best known for his role as surveillance expert Max in the television series "Homeland."
  • 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_69ca84dfde1481909f47c286d715f892 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb2f19660819083e3f15780352052 completed April 2, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1cc67db68819093217c9a74e72fbf completed April 5, 2026, 2:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1ccf59c68819082b4aa37e06d2aaf completed April 5, 2026, 2:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1d0d945d48190b56b7fd2ce568a13 completed April 5, 2026, 3:02 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:30 p.m.