Triple
T11847560
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Values of the Game |
E281816
|
entity |
| Predicate | illustrator |
P9707
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John McPhee
John McPhee is an American writer and pioneer of creative nonfiction, best known for his deeply researched, narrative-driven books and long-form essays in The New Yorker.
|
E809489
|
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: John McPhee | Statement: [Values of the Game, illustrator, John McPhee]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John McPhee Context triple: [Values of the Game, illustrator, John McPhee]
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A.
John McPhee
John McPhee is an American writer and pioneer of creative nonfiction, renowned for his deeply reported books and long-form essays often published in The New Yorker.
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B.
Tracy Kidder
Tracy Kidder is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his narrative nonfiction works such as "The Soul of a New Machine" and "Mountains Beyond Mountains."
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C.
J. Anthony Lukas
J. Anthony Lukas was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist and author renowned for his deeply reported narrative nonfiction on social and political issues.
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D.
George Packer
George Packer is an American journalist, novelist, and non-fiction writer best known for his political reporting and books such as "The Assassins' Gate" and "The Unwinding."
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E.
Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright is an American journalist, author, and screenwriter best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative nonfiction works on topics such as terrorism and Scientology.
- 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: John McPhee Triple: [Values of the Game, illustrator, John McPhee]
Generated description
John McPhee is an American writer and pioneer of creative nonfiction, best known for his deeply researched, narrative-driven books and long-form essays in The New Yorker.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John McPhee Target entity description: John McPhee is an American writer and pioneer of creative nonfiction, best known for his deeply researched, narrative-driven books and long-form essays in The New Yorker.
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A.
John McPhee
chosen
John McPhee is an American writer and pioneer of creative nonfiction, renowned for his deeply reported books and long-form essays often published in The New Yorker.
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B.
Tracy Kidder
Tracy Kidder is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his narrative nonfiction works such as "The Soul of a New Machine" and "Mountains Beyond Mountains."
-
C.
J. Anthony Lukas
J. Anthony Lukas was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist and author renowned for his deeply reported narrative nonfiction on social and political issues.
-
D.
George Packer
George Packer is an American journalist, novelist, and non-fiction writer best known for his political reporting and books such as "The Assassins' Gate" and "The Unwinding."
-
E.
Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright is an American journalist, author, and screenwriter best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative nonfiction works on topics such as terrorism and Scientology.
- F. None of above.
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_69d6ab287ba48190a5178779fd19b9b7 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8a65c72088190b8de9550c455b788 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:27 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f167a876048190aeeeccebae9e46ad |
completed | April 29, 2026, 2:06 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f17005c318819090e54bc64d135477 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 2:42 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f17814de1881908973af026af5d1d1 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 3:16 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:43 p.m.