Triple

T10808871
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John D. MacDonald E255041 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Travis McGee series
The Travis McGee series is a popular collection of hardboiled mystery novels featuring a cynical “salvage consultant” who recovers others’ lost property while living on a houseboat in Florida.
E888087 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: Travis McGee series | Statement: [John D. MacDonald, notableWork, Travis McGee series]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Travis McGee series
Context triple: [John D. MacDonald, notableWork, Travis McGee series]
  • A. Detective D.D. Warren series
    The Detective D.D. Warren series is a popular set of crime thrillers by Lisa Gardner featuring a tough Boston homicide detective who investigates complex, often dark and psychologically driven cases.
  • B. Blackford Oakes novels
    The Blackford Oakes novels are a series of Cold War-era spy thrillers following the adventures of an American CIA agent navigating high-stakes international intrigue and political conflict.
  • C. Jesse Stone series
    The Jesse Stone series is a collection of crime novels featuring a troubled small-town police chief, created by American mystery writer Robert B. Parker.
  • D. Mike Hammer’s detective agency
    Mike Hammer’s detective agency is the fictional private investigation firm run by hard-boiled detective Mike Hammer in Mickey Spillane’s crime novels.
  • E. Jane Hawk series
    The Jane Hawk series is a set of contemporary techno-thriller novels by Dean Koontz following a rogue FBI agent who uncovers a vast conspiracy involving mind-control technology.
  • 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: Travis McGee series
Triple: [John D. MacDonald, notableWork, Travis McGee series]
Generated description
The Travis McGee series is a popular collection of hardboiled mystery novels featuring a cynical “salvage consultant” who recovers others’ lost property while living on a houseboat in Florida.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Travis McGee series
Target entity description: The Travis McGee series is a popular collection of hardboiled mystery novels featuring a cynical “salvage consultant” who recovers others’ lost property while living on a houseboat in Florida.
  • A. Detective D.D. Warren series
    The Detective D.D. Warren series is a popular set of crime thrillers by Lisa Gardner featuring a tough Boston homicide detective who investigates complex, often dark and psychologically driven cases.
  • B. Blackford Oakes novels
    The Blackford Oakes novels are a series of Cold War-era spy thrillers following the adventures of an American CIA agent navigating high-stakes international intrigue and political conflict.
  • C. Jesse Stone series
    The Jesse Stone series is a collection of crime novels featuring a troubled small-town police chief, created by American mystery writer Robert B. Parker.
  • D. Mike Hammer’s detective agency
    Mike Hammer’s detective agency is the fictional private investigation firm run by hard-boiled detective Mike Hammer in Mickey Spillane’s crime novels.
  • E. Jane Hawk series
    The Jane Hawk series is a set of contemporary techno-thriller novels by Dean Koontz following a rogue FBI agent who uncovers a vast conspiracy involving mind-control technology.
  • 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_69d6aa61c15c8190a1839550c56e75e1 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d733b60c6481909b043565a65f996d completed April 9, 2026, 5:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69de8513fe0881909d6833c85aac03a8 completed April 14, 2026, 6:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69de8e6f3fac8190bcd1675978d6d6d7 completed April 14, 2026, 6:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69de8fa679cc81909cb51035e5403ce9 completed April 14, 2026, 7:04 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:18 p.m.