Triple

T1227492
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject L.A. Confidential E26358 entity
Predicate authorOfSourceWork P2353 FINISHED
Object James Ellroy
James Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer renowned for his dark, intricately plotted L.A. Quartet novels and his stylized, staccato prose.
E140362 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: James Ellroy | Statement: [L.A. Confidential, authorOfSourceWork, James Ellroy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Ellroy
Context triple: [L.A. Confidential, authorOfSourceWork, James Ellroy]
  • A. Michael Connelly
    Michael Connelly is a bestselling American crime fiction author best known for his Harry Bosch and Lincoln Lawyer series.
  • B. Elmore Leonard
    Elmore Leonard was an American novelist and screenwriter renowned for his gritty crime fiction, sharp dialogue, and works such as "Rum Punch," "Get Shorty," and "Out of Sight."
  • C. Paul Le Mat
    Paul Le Mat is an American actor best known for his breakout role as the hot-rodder John Milner in the coming-of-age film "American Graffiti."
  • D. Vincent Winter
    Vincent Winter was a Scottish child actor who gained prominence in the 1950s and 1960s, later working behind the scenes in film production.
  • E. Harry Hart
    Harry Hart is a suave, highly skilled British secret agent and mentor figure in the Kingsman film series.
  • 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: James Ellroy
Triple: [L.A. Confidential, authorOfSourceWork, James Ellroy]
Generated description
James Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer renowned for his dark, intricately plotted L.A. Quartet novels and his stylized, staccato prose.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Ellroy
Target entity description: James Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer renowned for his dark, intricately plotted L.A. Quartet novels and his stylized, staccato prose.
  • A. Michael Connelly
    Michael Connelly is a bestselling American crime fiction author best known for his Harry Bosch and Lincoln Lawyer series.
  • B. Elmore Leonard
    Elmore Leonard was an American novelist and screenwriter renowned for his gritty crime fiction, sharp dialogue, and works such as "Rum Punch," "Get Shorty," and "Out of Sight."
  • C. Paul Le Mat
    Paul Le Mat is an American actor best known for his breakout role as the hot-rodder John Milner in the coming-of-age film "American Graffiti."
  • D. Vincent Winter
    Vincent Winter was a Scottish child actor who gained prominence in the 1950s and 1960s, later working behind the scenes in film production.
  • E. Harry Hart
    Harry Hart is a suave, highly skilled British secret agent and mentor figure in the Kingsman film series.
  • 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_69a49484688c8190a1bf285eb396a8b6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4be3b32a08190a36e96a3e51976eb completed March 1, 2026, 10:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac8a1242048190ba6ffcaacc4ca5d5 completed March 7, 2026, 8:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac8a9d03c8819097cea548a31d866d completed March 7, 2026, 8:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac8b041e188190ac9e1ce2c2728c94 completed March 7, 2026, 8:31 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.