Triple

T11235428
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Ghost Writer E265929 entity
Predicate basedOnAuthor P2806 FINISHED
Object Robert Harris
Robert Harris is a British novelist and former journalist best known for his historical and political thrillers such as "Fatherland," "Enigma," and "The Ghost."
 E913121 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: Robert Harris | Statement: [The Ghost Writer, basedOnAuthor, Robert Harris]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Harris
Context triple: [The Ghost Writer, basedOnAuthor, Robert Harris]
  • A. Ken Follett
    Ken Follett is a bestselling Welsh author renowned for his historical and thriller novels, including "The Pillars of the Earth" and "Eye of the Needle."
  • B. Nicholas Ferguson
    Nicholas Ferguson is a British businessman and private equity executive best known as the founding figure behind the global investment firm Permira.
  • C. Sebastian Faulks
    Sebastian Faulks is a British novelist best known for his historical and war-themed fiction, including the acclaimed novel "Birdsong."
  • D. C.J. Sansom
    C.J. Sansom was a British historical crime novelist best known for his bestselling Shardlake series set in Tudor England.
  • E. Stephen Cornwell
    Stephen Cornwell is a British film producer and screenwriter, known for co-founding The Ink Factory and producing adaptations of John le Carré’s works as well as other international thrillers.
  • 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: Robert Harris
Triple: [The Ghost Writer, basedOnAuthor, Robert Harris]
Generated description
Robert Harris is a British novelist and former journalist best known for his historical and political thrillers such as "Fatherland," "Enigma," and "The Ghost."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Harris
Target entity description: Robert Harris is a British novelist and former journalist best known for his historical and political thrillers such as "Fatherland," "Enigma," and "The Ghost."
  • A. Ken Follett
    Ken Follett is a bestselling Welsh author renowned for his historical and thriller novels, including "The Pillars of the Earth" and "Eye of the Needle."
  • B. Nicholas Ferguson
    Nicholas Ferguson is a British businessman and private equity executive best known as the founding figure behind the global investment firm Permira.
  • C. Sebastian Faulks
    Sebastian Faulks is a British novelist best known for his historical and war-themed fiction, including the acclaimed novel "Birdsong."
  • D. C.J. Sansom
    C.J. Sansom was a British historical crime novelist best known for his bestselling Shardlake series set in Tudor England.
  • E. Stephen Cornwell
    Stephen Cornwell is a British film producer and screenwriter, known for co-founding The Ink Factory and producing adaptations of John le Carré’s works as well as other international thrillers.
  • 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_69d6aac656d48190b275efaa7d6074ee completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e904cf888190826fc964f76b5cb2 completed April 9, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e4ad56013481909f931505824e3b42 completed April 19, 2026, 10:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e4b12dd658819085c25d3edac2d66c completed April 19, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e4b3e05b488190bf2e3810ba2f250e completed April 19, 2026, 10:52 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:30 p.m.