Triple

T10211306
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Litigators E242333 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object David Zinc
David Zinc is a disillusioned corporate lawyer who impulsively quits his high-pressure job and joins a small plaintiffs’ firm, becoming a central figure in John Grisham’s legal thriller "The Litigators."
E850154 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: David Zinc | Statement: [The Litigators, mainCharacter, David Zinc]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Zinc
Context triple: [The Litigators, mainCharacter, David Zinc]
  • A. David Sancious
    David Sancious is an American keyboardist and guitarist best known as an original member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and for his work as a versatile session and solo artist.
  • B. Mike McGear
    Mike McGear is a British musician, photographer, and comedian best known as Paul McCartney’s younger brother and a member of the satirical pop group The Scaffold.
  • C. Blake Schwarzenbach
    Blake Schwarzenbach is an American musician best known as the vocalist and guitarist for the influential punk band Jawbreaker and later projects like Jets to Brazil.
  • D. Sid Phillips
    Sid Phillips is the sadistic, toy-destroying neighborhood bully who serves as the primary human antagonist in Pixar's original Toy Story film.
  • E. Ged Grimes
    Ged Grimes is a Scottish bassist and composer best known for his work with the rock band Simple Minds and for composing music for video games.
  • 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: David Zinc
Triple: [The Litigators, mainCharacter, David Zinc]
Generated description
David Zinc is a disillusioned corporate lawyer who impulsively quits his high-pressure job and joins a small plaintiffs’ firm, becoming a central figure in John Grisham’s legal thriller "The Litigators."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Zinc
Target entity description: David Zinc is a disillusioned corporate lawyer who impulsively quits his high-pressure job and joins a small plaintiffs’ firm, becoming a central figure in John Grisham’s legal thriller "The Litigators."
  • A. David Sancious
    David Sancious is an American keyboardist and guitarist best known as an original member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and for his work as a versatile session and solo artist.
  • B. Mike McGear
    Mike McGear is a British musician, photographer, and comedian best known as Paul McCartney’s younger brother and a member of the satirical pop group The Scaffold.
  • C. Blake Schwarzenbach
    Blake Schwarzenbach is an American musician best known as the vocalist and guitarist for the influential punk band Jawbreaker and later projects like Jets to Brazil.
  • D. Sid Phillips
    Sid Phillips is the sadistic, toy-destroying neighborhood bully who serves as the primary human antagonist in Pixar's original Toy Story film.
  • E. Ged Grimes
    Ged Grimes is a Scottish bassist and composer best known for his work with the rock band Simple Minds and for composing music for video games.
  • 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_69d381ae26c48190985abd0e25ee5d04 completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d3aa22071c819095febd18dd607978 completed April 6, 2026, 12:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d652d8088c819084040883f2ab9dc6 completed April 8, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d656a847fc8190af1f3e131e4200b3 completed April 8, 2026, 1:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d6570d98f881909b9591f9d953eb35 completed April 8, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:01 a.m.