Triple
T11726553
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Patricia Cornwell |
E278785
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCharacter |
P1481
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Benton Wesley
Benton Wesley is a key fictional character in Patricia Cornwell’s crime novels, known as an FBI profiler who frequently collaborates with medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta.
|
E943414
|
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: Benton Wesley | Statement: [Patricia Cornwell, notableCharacter, Benton Wesley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benton Wesley Context triple: [Patricia Cornwell, notableCharacter, Benton Wesley]
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A.
Mahlon Dickerson
Mahlon Dickerson was a 19th-century American politician who served as Governor of New Jersey, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of the Navy.
-
B.
Burley Mitchell
Burley Mitchell is a former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court and a prominent American jurist.
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C.
Theodore Hickman
Theodore Hickman is the charismatic yet self-deluding traveling salesman whose arrival and revelations drive the tragic unraveling of illusions in Eugene O’Neill’s play "The Iceman Cometh."
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D.
Boyd Tinsley
Boyd Tinsley is an American violinist and composer best known as a longtime member of the Dave Matthews Band.
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E.
William Ragsdale
William Ragsdale is an American actor best known for his lead role in the 1985 horror-comedy film "Fright Night" and its sequel.
- 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: Benton Wesley Triple: [Patricia Cornwell, notableCharacter, Benton Wesley]
Generated description
Benton Wesley is a key fictional character in Patricia Cornwell’s crime novels, known as an FBI profiler who frequently collaborates with medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benton Wesley Target entity description: Benton Wesley is a key fictional character in Patricia Cornwell’s crime novels, known as an FBI profiler who frequently collaborates with medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta.
-
A.
Mahlon Dickerson
Mahlon Dickerson was a 19th-century American politician who served as Governor of New Jersey, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of the Navy.
-
B.
Burley Mitchell
Burley Mitchell is a former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court and a prominent American jurist.
-
C.
Theodore Hickman
Theodore Hickman is the charismatic yet self-deluding traveling salesman whose arrival and revelations drive the tragic unraveling of illusions in Eugene O’Neill’s play "The Iceman Cometh."
-
D.
Boyd Tinsley
Boyd Tinsley is an American violinist and composer best known as a longtime member of the Dave Matthews Band.
-
E.
William Ragsdale
William Ragsdale is an American actor best known for his lead role in the 1985 horror-comedy film "Fright Night" and its sequel.
- 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_69d6aaffec6881908bead509e8621742 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8a4d70d908190b5f47c2ef501a191 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:20 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f0198de0708190bc3f6ec2533c8a5b |
completed | April 28, 2026, 2:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f0319271788190a105828ae7582668 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 4:03 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f05a44dcb88190a0bb57b0c8fef6b9 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 6:57 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:41 p.m.