Triple
T10676953
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 8 Million Ways to Die |
E251644
|
entity |
| Predicate | basedOnWorkAuthor |
P2806
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Lawrence Block |
E507824
|
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: Lawrence Block | Statement: [8 Million Ways to Die, basedOnWorkAuthor, Lawrence Block]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lawrence Block Context triple: [8 Million Ways to Die, basedOnWorkAuthor, Lawrence Block]
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A.
Lawrence Block
chosen
Lawrence Block is a prolific American crime and mystery novelist best known for his Matthew Scudder and Bernie Rhodenbarr series.
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B.
Charles Willeford
Charles Willeford was an American crime novelist and cult writer known for his darkly comic, offbeat hardboiled fiction, including the Hoke Moseley series.
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C.
Raymond Gardner
Raymond Gardner was the brother of famed American actress Ava Gardner, a member of the Gardner family from rural North Carolina.
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D.
Robert A. R. Parker
Robert A. R. Parker was a NASA astronaut and astrophysicist who flew on two Space Shuttle missions and contributed significantly to space-based scientific research.
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E.
Clifford May
Clifford May is an American journalist and foreign policy analyst best known as the founder and president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
- 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_69d6aa5b0d2881909584b20efc5877f0 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d6fb9563908190a69cf4bd2c24fd2f |
completed | April 9, 2026, 1:06 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d9887e974c81908c4943339ea9a93f |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:32 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:09 p.m.