Triple

T11491790
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael McDowell E272430 entity
Predicate usedPseudonym P3799 FINISHED
Object Nathan Aldyne
Nathan Aldyne is a joint pseudonym used by American writers Michael McDowell and Dennis Schuetz for their collaborative mystery and crime novels.
E928947 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: Nathan Aldyne | Statement: [Michael McDowell, usedPseudonym, Nathan Aldyne]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nathan Aldyne
Context triple: [Michael McDowell, usedPseudonym, Nathan Aldyne]
  • A. Adric
    Adric is a young, mathematically gifted alien companion of the Fourth and Fifth Doctors in the classic British science fiction series Doctor Who.
  • B. Edmund Breon
    Edmund Breon was a Scottish character actor of the early 20th century, known for his supporting roles in British and American films, particularly during the silent and early sound eras.
  • C. Samuel Lord
    Samuel Lord was a 19th-century English-born American merchant best known for establishing the iconic New York department store Lord & Taylor.
  • D. Michael Corvin
    Michael Corvin is a central protagonist in the Underworld film series, a human–Lycan hybrid whose unique bloodline becomes pivotal in the war between vampires and werewolves.
  • E. Mordaunt
    Mordaunt is a vengeful and fanatical antagonist in Alexandre Dumas’ d'Artagnan romances, known as the ruthless son of Milady de Winter who seeks to destroy the musketeers.
  • 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: Nathan Aldyne
Triple: [Michael McDowell, usedPseudonym, Nathan Aldyne]
Generated description
Nathan Aldyne is a joint pseudonym used by American writers Michael McDowell and Dennis Schuetz for their collaborative mystery and crime novels.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nathan Aldyne
Target entity description: Nathan Aldyne is a joint pseudonym used by American writers Michael McDowell and Dennis Schuetz for their collaborative mystery and crime novels.
  • A. Adric
    Adric is a young, mathematically gifted alien companion of the Fourth and Fifth Doctors in the classic British science fiction series Doctor Who.
  • B. Edmund Breon
    Edmund Breon was a Scottish character actor of the early 20th century, known for his supporting roles in British and American films, particularly during the silent and early sound eras.
  • C. Samuel Lord
    Samuel Lord was a 19th-century English-born American merchant best known for establishing the iconic New York department store Lord & Taylor.
  • D. Michael Corvin
    Michael Corvin is a central protagonist in the Underworld film series, a human–Lycan hybrid whose unique bloodline becomes pivotal in the war between vampires and werewolves.
  • E. Mordaunt
    Mordaunt is a vengeful and fanatical antagonist in Alexandre Dumas’ d'Artagnan romances, known as the ruthless son of Milady de Winter who seeks to destroy the musketeers.
  • 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_69d6aae1b09881909ce2ded3fa0c14fa completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d85a21fb048190acb0960aefd4fe0a completed April 10, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e6047d95548190b445aa3b4f1e71cc completed April 20, 2026, 10:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e610a6de0c8190aabda7ef7b7063a6 completed April 20, 2026, 11:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e61842b8848190b454cee480c69f7a completed April 20, 2026, 12:12 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:36 p.m.