Triple
T10808901
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John D. MacDonald |
E255041
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Dean Koontz |
E151275
|
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: Dean Koontz | Statement: [John D. MacDonald, influenced, Dean Koontz]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dean Koontz Context triple: [John D. MacDonald, influenced, Dean Koontz]
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A.
Dean Koontz
chosen
Dean Koontz is a bestselling American author known for his suspenseful thrillers that blend horror, mystery, and science fiction elements.
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B.
David Koontz
David Koontz is known as the husband of author and actress Christina Crawford, who wrote the memoir "Mommie Dearest."
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C.
Jim Patterson
Jim Patterson is an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the Netflix sitcom "The Ranch" and working on several popular comedy series.
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D.
Jim Patterson
Jim Patterson is an entrepreneur best known as a founder of the American low-cost airline Allegiant Air.
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E.
Stephen King
Stephen King is a prolific American author renowned for his horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, and fantasy novels, many of which have been adapted into successful films and television series.
- 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_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. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:18 p.m.