Triple

T11465095
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Little Big Man E271760 entity
Predicate basedOnAuthor P2806 FINISHED
Object Thomas Berger
Thomas Berger was an American novelist best known for his satirical and genre-bending works, particularly the Western novel "Little Big Man."
E927934 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: Thomas Berger | Statement: [Little Big Man, basedOnAuthor, Thomas Berger]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Berger
Context triple: [Little Big Man, basedOnAuthor, Thomas Berger]
  • A. Bill Boyd
    Bill Boyd is the commonly used name for William Boyd, which may refer to several notable individuals including actors, politicians, and other public figures.
  • B. Murray Bail
    Murray Bail is an acclaimed Australian novelist and short story writer known for his inventive narratives and contributions to contemporary Australian literature.
  • C. Hugh MacLennan
    Hugh MacLennan was a prominent 20th-century Canadian novelist and essayist whose works, such as "Barometer Rising" and "Two Solitudes," helped define modern Canadian literature and national identity.
  • D. William Kurelek
    William Kurelek was a Canadian painter and writer known for his detailed, often spiritually themed depictions of prairie life and immigrant experience.
  • E. Patrick White
    Patrick White was an Australian novelist, playwright, and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate renowned for his complex, psychologically rich portrayals of Australian life.
  • 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: Thomas Berger
Triple: [Little Big Man, basedOnAuthor, Thomas Berger]
Generated description
Thomas Berger was an American novelist best known for his satirical and genre-bending works, particularly the Western novel "Little Big Man."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Berger
Target entity description: Thomas Berger was an American novelist best known for his satirical and genre-bending works, particularly the Western novel "Little Big Man."
  • A. Bill Boyd
    Bill Boyd is the commonly used name for William Boyd, which may refer to several notable individuals including actors, politicians, and other public figures.
  • B. Murray Bail
    Murray Bail is an acclaimed Australian novelist and short story writer known for his inventive narratives and contributions to contemporary Australian literature.
  • C. Hugh MacLennan
    Hugh MacLennan was a prominent 20th-century Canadian novelist and essayist whose works, such as "Barometer Rising" and "Two Solitudes," helped define modern Canadian literature and national identity.
  • D. William Kurelek
    William Kurelek was a Canadian painter and writer known for his detailed, often spiritually themed depictions of prairie life and immigrant experience.
  • E. Patrick White
    Patrick White was an Australian novelist, playwright, and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate renowned for his complex, psychologically rich portrayals of Australian life.
  • 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_69d6aae0c8d881908a5a360c0be3242e completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d822f5eb988190b309b8e309f6d1a5 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e5e9377ff4819096971a77e0181eaf completed April 20, 2026, 8:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e5f1593c2c8190885f80ad5eeba3ec completed April 20, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e5f87bbd988190ac388a3c34b2e95a completed April 20, 2026, 9:57 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.