Triple

T11760472
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Pawnbroker E279641 entity
Predicate basedOnAuthor P2806 FINISHED
Object Edward Lewis Wallant
Edward Lewis Wallant was an American novelist best known for his powerful explorations of postwar Jewish-American life, most notably in the novel "The Pawnbroker."
 E957560 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: Edward Lewis Wallant | Statement: [The Pawnbroker, basedOnAuthor, Edward Lewis Wallant]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edward Lewis Wallant
Context triple: [The Pawnbroker, basedOnAuthor, Edward Lewis Wallant]
  • A. Edward Heyman
    Edward Heyman was an American lyricist best known for writing enduring popular standards during the Great American Songbook era.
  • B. William Ashburner
    William Ashburner was a 19th-century American mining engineer and geologist known for his work in mineral surveying and resource assessment in the western United States.
  • C. William Lanteau
    William Lanteau was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in film and television, including a notable appearance in the drama "On Golden Pond."
  • D. Edward Lewis
    Edward Lewis was a British music industry executive best known as the founder of the major record label Decca Records.
  • E. Edward Lewis
    Edward Lewis was an American film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood films of the mid-20th century, including collaborations with director Stanley Kubrick and actor Kirk Douglas.
  • 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: Edward Lewis Wallant
Triple: [The Pawnbroker, basedOnAuthor, Edward Lewis Wallant]
Generated description
Edward Lewis Wallant was an American novelist best known for his powerful explorations of postwar Jewish-American life, most notably in the novel "The Pawnbroker."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edward Lewis Wallant
Target entity description: Edward Lewis Wallant was an American novelist best known for his powerful explorations of postwar Jewish-American life, most notably in the novel "The Pawnbroker."
  • A. Edward Heyman
    Edward Heyman was an American lyricist best known for writing enduring popular standards during the Great American Songbook era.
  • B. William Ashburner
    William Ashburner was a 19th-century American mining engineer and geologist known for his work in mineral surveying and resource assessment in the western United States.
  • C. William Lanteau
    William Lanteau was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in film and television, including a notable appearance in the drama "On Golden Pond."
  • D. Edward Lewis
    Edward Lewis was a British music industry executive best known as the founder of the major record label Decca Records.
  • E. Edward Lewis
    Edward Lewis was an American film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood films of the mid-20th century, including collaborations with director Stanley Kubrick and actor Kirk Douglas.
  • 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_69d6ab01038c819080714901502c84fc completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a52386708190b744746a2db37495 completed April 10, 2026, 7:22 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f4713ee6e48190ab1860b9899b7b48 completed May 1, 2026, 9:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f47b755f808190acb2fb31473d2405 completed May 1, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f47d8bbae8819088d48b300291ef74 completed May 1, 2026, 10:16 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:41 p.m.