Triple
T10680612
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The City of Silent Men |
E251740
|
entity |
| Predicate | writer |
P1360
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Perley Poore Sheehan
Perley Poore Sheehan was an American author and screenwriter of the early 20th century, known for his adventure fiction and work in silent-era Hollywood films.
|
E922553
|
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: Perley Poore Sheehan | Statement: [The City of Silent Men, writer, Perley Poore Sheehan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Perley Poore Sheehan Context triple: [The City of Silent Men, writer, Perley Poore Sheehan]
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A.
William A. O'Kelly
William A. O'Kelly was a significant figure in the history of North Carolina A&T State University, honored for his contributions by having the university’s O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium named after him.
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B.
Edmund C. Lynch
Edmund C. Lynch was an American financier and co-founder of the investment firm Merrill Lynch, which became one of the largest brokerage and financial services companies in the world.
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C.
Arthur E. Molloy
Arthur E. Molloy was an individual significant enough in marine or exploratory history to have the undersea feature Molloy Deep named in his honor.
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D.
William F. Walsh
William F. Walsh was an American politician and attorney who served as the mayor of Syracuse, New York, and later as a U.S. Representative from New York.
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E.
William E. Walsh
William E. Walsh was an American businessman and civic leader best known for playing a key role in the establishment of the University of Miami in the 1920s.
- 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: Perley Poore Sheehan Triple: [The City of Silent Men, writer, Perley Poore Sheehan]
Generated description
Perley Poore Sheehan was an American author and screenwriter of the early 20th century, known for his adventure fiction and work in silent-era Hollywood films.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Perley Poore Sheehan Target entity description: Perley Poore Sheehan was an American author and screenwriter of the early 20th century, known for his adventure fiction and work in silent-era Hollywood films.
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A.
William A. O'Kelly
William A. O'Kelly was a significant figure in the history of North Carolina A&T State University, honored for his contributions by having the university’s O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium named after him.
-
B.
Edmund C. Lynch
Edmund C. Lynch was an American financier and co-founder of the investment firm Merrill Lynch, which became one of the largest brokerage and financial services companies in the world.
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C.
Arthur E. Molloy
Arthur E. Molloy was an individual significant enough in marine or exploratory history to have the undersea feature Molloy Deep named in his honor.
-
D.
William F. Walsh
William F. Walsh was an American politician and attorney who served as the mayor of Syracuse, New York, and later as a U.S. Representative from New York.
-
E.
William E. Walsh
William E. Walsh was an American businessman and civic leader best known for playing a key role in the establishment of the University of Miami in the 1920s.
- 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_69d6aa5bd7c08190a816e733b4045c23 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d6fcc1b8d4819082fde22db39d8b24 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 1:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e58a8c67248190be284ddd84f9d8b8 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 2:08 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e59323c5948190bc2c9512f7b0a54f |
completed | April 20, 2026, 2:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e599c53704819097c0fdbbfbbb1e87 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:13 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:10 p.m.