Triple

T12826733
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Outcasts of Poker Flat E306670 entity
Predicate supportingCharacter P7748 FINISHED
Object Tom Simson
Tom Simson is a naïve but kind-hearted young prospector in Bret Harte’s short story “The Outcasts of Poker Flat,” whose innocence and loyalty contrast with the cynicism of the exiled gamblers and outcasts.
E1004844 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: Tom Simson | Statement: [The Outcasts of Poker Flat, supportingCharacter, Tom Simson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Simson
Context triple: [The Outcasts of Poker Flat, supportingCharacter, Tom Simson]
  • A. Jack Simms
    Jack Simms was the discoverer of Mark Twain Cave, a famous show cave in Missouri associated with author Mark Twain and his writings.
  • B. David Simas
    David Simas is an American political strategist and former Obama White House official who serves as a top executive leader at the Obama Foundation.
  • C. David Simkins
    David Simkins is a television writer and producer known for his work on genre and drama series, including serving as an executive producer on The Lizzie Borden Chronicles.
  • D. Charlie Simms
    Charlie Simms is the conscientious and financially struggling prep-school student who serves as the moral center and primary protagonist alongside Al Pacino’s character in the film "Scent of a Woman."
  • E. Robert Simpson
    Robert Simpson was an American meteorologist who co-developed the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale used to classify hurricane intensity.
  • 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: Tom Simson
Triple: [The Outcasts of Poker Flat, supportingCharacter, Tom Simson]
Generated description
Tom Simson is a naïve but kind-hearted young prospector in Bret Harte’s short story “The Outcasts of Poker Flat,” whose innocence and loyalty contrast with the cynicism of the exiled gamblers and outcasts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Simson
Target entity description: Tom Simson is a naïve but kind-hearted young prospector in Bret Harte’s short story “The Outcasts of Poker Flat,” whose innocence and loyalty contrast with the cynicism of the exiled gamblers and outcasts.
  • A. Jack Simms
    Jack Simms was the discoverer of Mark Twain Cave, a famous show cave in Missouri associated with author Mark Twain and his writings.
  • B. David Simas
    David Simas is an American political strategist and former Obama White House official who serves as a top executive leader at the Obama Foundation.
  • C. David Simkins
    David Simkins is a television writer and producer known for his work on genre and drama series, including serving as an executive producer on The Lizzie Borden Chronicles.
  • D. Charlie Simms
    Charlie Simms is the conscientious and financially struggling prep-school student who serves as the moral center and primary protagonist alongside Al Pacino’s character in the film "Scent of a Woman."
  • E. Robert Simpson
    Robert Simpson was an American meteorologist who co-developed the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale used to classify hurricane intensity.
  • 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_69d7bdf52b94819096d6f0ba4ab50a98 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d96fae51608190a50970bd038359a5 completed April 10, 2026, 9:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f68ed4f7388190ba989b8a79bd7c6d completed May 2, 2026, 11:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f691341d0081909ca3b281ee64b42b completed May 3, 2026, 12:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f69237394c8190832d6dae22434fdc completed May 3, 2026, 12:09 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:33 p.m.