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]
  • 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.
  • 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. 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.