Triple

T11465801
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Squid and the Whale E271775 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Bernard Berkman
Bernard Berkman is a self-absorbed, egotistical Brooklyn writer and father whose failing marriage and intellectual posturing drive much of the family drama in the film "The Squid and the Whale."
E937946 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: Bernard Berkman | Statement: [The Squid and the Whale, character, Bernard Berkman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernard Berkman
Context triple: [The Squid and the Whale, character, Bernard Berkman]
  • A. Bernard Goldston
    Bernard Goldston is an entrepreneur best known as the founder of the American off-price department store chain Marshalls.
  • B. Fritz Bernstein
    Fritz Bernstein was a Zionist economist and Israeli politician who served as a member of Israel’s pre-state legislature and later as Minister of Trade and Industry.
  • C. Hertz Grosbard
    Hertz Grosbard was a notable individual associated with the name Hertz, though detailed public information about his life and achievements is limited.
  • D. Ralph Berkowitz
    Ralph Berkowitz was an American pianist, accompanist, and arts administrator known for his influential work in classical music performance and education.
  • E. Herman Klein
    Herman Klein was a British music critic, vocal teacher, and writer known for his influential work on singing and opera in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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: Bernard Berkman
Triple: [The Squid and the Whale, character, Bernard Berkman]
Generated description
Bernard Berkman is a self-absorbed, egotistical Brooklyn writer and father whose failing marriage and intellectual posturing drive much of the family drama in the film "The Squid and the Whale."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernard Berkman
Target entity description: Bernard Berkman is a self-absorbed, egotistical Brooklyn writer and father whose failing marriage and intellectual posturing drive much of the family drama in the film "The Squid and the Whale."
  • A. Bernard Goldston
    Bernard Goldston is an entrepreneur best known as the founder of the American off-price department store chain Marshalls.
  • B. Fritz Bernstein
    Fritz Bernstein was a Zionist economist and Israeli politician who served as a member of Israel’s pre-state legislature and later as Minister of Trade and Industry.
  • C. Hertz Grosbard
    Hertz Grosbard was a notable individual associated with the name Hertz, though detailed public information about his life and achievements is limited.
  • D. Ralph Berkowitz
    Ralph Berkowitz was an American pianist, accompanist, and arts administrator known for his influential work in classical music performance and education.
  • E. Herman Klein
    Herman Klein was a British music critic, vocal teacher, and writer known for his influential work on singing and opera in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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_69ee866bb71c819091573965f7cf0dee completed April 26, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69eeb310e04c8190a1004662d5bbc015 completed April 27, 2026, 12:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69eee95dfff48190a3c3022cdfc6dafc completed April 27, 2026, 4:43 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.