Triple
T12860986
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Kennedy Toole |
E307585
|
entity |
| Predicate | givenName |
P17
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John
John is the given name of John Kennedy Toole, the American novelist best known for his posthumously published comic masterpiece "A Confederacy of Dunces."
|
E1006152
|
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 | Statement: [John Kennedy Toole, givenName, John]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Context triple: [John Kennedy Toole, givenName, John]
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A.
John
John Vassall Jr. was a British civil servant who became notorious as a Soviet spy during the Cold War.
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B.
John
John is the given first name of Johnny Kilbane, an American featherweight boxing champion from the early 20th century.
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C.
John
John is the given name of John Albert William Spencer-Churchill, a British aristocrat and 10th Duke of Marlborough.
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D.
John
John is the middle name of Samuel John Mills, an American Congregationalist minister known for his role in early 19th-century missionary movements.
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E.
John
John Ross is a personal name shared by various notable individuals across history, including leaders, politicians, and public figures.
- 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 Triple: [John Kennedy Toole, givenName, John]
Generated description
John is the given name of John Kennedy Toole, the American novelist best known for his posthumously published comic masterpiece "A Confederacy of Dunces."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Target entity description: John is the given name of John Kennedy Toole, the American novelist best known for his posthumously published comic masterpiece "A Confederacy of Dunces."
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A.
John
John is the given name of the renowned American author John Steinbeck, known for works such as "The Grapes of Wrath" and "Of Mice and Men."
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B.
John
John is the given name of the American novelist John D. MacDonald, best known for his crime and suspense fiction, including the Travis McGee series.
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C.
John
John is the given name of the American novelist and artist John Dos Passos, known for his modernist U.S.A. trilogy.
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D.
John
John is the given name of the American novelist, screenwriter, and literary critic John Gregory Dunne.
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E.
John
John is the given name of the American novelist, short-story writer, and critic John Updike, renowned for his insightful portrayals of middle-class American life.
- 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_69d7bdf5e7cc8190be357278bc5ba3bb |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9708ba74881909b16c1e2ef5115db |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f69b9dc1e48190993430956e0fcfdc |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:49 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f69ca6358c8190bb076249864f81a8 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:53 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f69dc8b86c81908557fa8538e942de |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:58 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:37 p.m.