Triple

T11465723
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tales of the City E271774 entity
Predicate author P4 FINISHED
Object Armistead Maupin
Armistead Maupin is an American writer best known for his groundbreaking "Tales of the City" series, which chronicles the lives of a diverse group of characters in San Francisco.
E927973 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: Armistead Maupin | Statement: [Tales of the City, author, Armistead Maupin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Armistead Maupin
Context triple: [Tales of the City, author, Armistead Maupin]
  • A. Dennis Cooper
    Dennis Cooper is an American novelist, poet, and critic known for his transgressive, minimalist fiction exploring youth, sexuality, and violence.
  • B. Ian Blume
    Ian Blume is a film editor known for his work on the drama feature "Ben Is Back."
  • C. Red Grooms
    Red Grooms is an American multimedia artist known for his colorful, cartoonish, and immersive pop-art installations and cityscapes that blend painting, sculpture, and performance.
  • D. Terry Dubrow
    Terry Dubrow is an American plastic surgeon and television personality best known for co-hosting the reality series "Botched" and appearing on various other medical and lifestyle TV shows.
  • E. Randy Shilts
    Randy Shilts was an American journalist and author known for his pioneering coverage of the AIDS crisis and LGBTQ issues, particularly through his influential book "And the Band Played On."
  • 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: Armistead Maupin
Triple: [Tales of the City, author, Armistead Maupin]
Generated description
Armistead Maupin is an American writer best known for his groundbreaking "Tales of the City" series, which chronicles the lives of a diverse group of characters in San Francisco.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Armistead Maupin
Target entity description: Armistead Maupin is an American writer best known for his groundbreaking "Tales of the City" series, which chronicles the lives of a diverse group of characters in San Francisco.
  • A. Dennis Cooper
    Dennis Cooper is an American novelist, poet, and critic known for his transgressive, minimalist fiction exploring youth, sexuality, and violence.
  • B. Ian Blume
    Ian Blume is a film editor known for his work on the drama feature "Ben Is Back."
  • C. Red Grooms
    Red Grooms is an American multimedia artist known for his colorful, cartoonish, and immersive pop-art installations and cityscapes that blend painting, sculpture, and performance.
  • D. Terry Dubrow
    Terry Dubrow is an American plastic surgeon and television personality best known for co-hosting the reality series "Botched" and appearing on various other medical and lifestyle TV shows.
  • E. Randy Shilts
    Randy Shilts was an American journalist and author known for his pioneering coverage of the AIDS crisis and LGBTQ issues, particularly through his influential book "And the Band Played On."
  • 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.