Triple

T12885923
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Pale King E308223 entity
Predicate hasNotableCharacter P7927 FINISHED
Object Shane Drinion
Shane Drinion is a mysteriously detached, eerily serene IRS examiner in David Foster Wallace’s novel "The Pale King," notable for his extreme concentration and emotional stillness.
E1015213 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: Shane Drinion | Statement: [The Pale King, hasNotableCharacter, Shane Drinion]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shane Drinion
Context triple: [The Pale King, hasNotableCharacter, Shane Drinion]
  • A. Shane Vendrell
    Shane Vendrell is a volatile and morally compromised detective on the TV series "The Shield," known for his loyalty to Vic Mackey and his descent into increasingly tragic and violent choices.
  • B. Matt Sherring
    Matt Sherring is a screenwriter best known for writing the action thriller film "Killer Elite."
  • C. Shawn Eichman
    Shawn Eichman is an American political activist best known as a defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down federal prohibitions on flag desecration as unconstitutional.
  • D. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer is an American writer known for his work on the animated series "Cowboy Bebop" and related projects.
  • E. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer, better known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American singer-songwriter and musician recognized for his blend of rock, country, and pop influences.
  • 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: Shane Drinion
Triple: [The Pale King, hasNotableCharacter, Shane Drinion]
Generated description
Shane Drinion is a mysteriously detached, eerily serene IRS examiner in David Foster Wallace’s novel "The Pale King," notable for his extreme concentration and emotional stillness.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shane Drinion
Target entity description: Shane Drinion is a mysteriously detached, eerily serene IRS examiner in David Foster Wallace’s novel "The Pale King," notable for his extreme concentration and emotional stillness.
  • A. Shane Vendrell
    Shane Vendrell is a volatile and morally compromised detective on the TV series "The Shield," known for his loyalty to Vic Mackey and his descent into increasingly tragic and violent choices.
  • B. Matt Sherring
    Matt Sherring is a screenwriter best known for writing the action thriller film "Killer Elite."
  • C. Shawn Eichman
    Shawn Eichman is an American political activist best known as a defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down federal prohibitions on flag desecration as unconstitutional.
  • D. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer is an American writer known for his work on the animated series "Cowboy Bebop" and related projects.
  • E. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer, better known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American singer-songwriter and musician recognized for his blend of rock, country, and pop influences.
  • 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_69d7bdf7c1f0819098102569a8d8cbf5 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9714415c08190aa9944b494a3ddad completed April 10, 2026, 9:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6c0e54dc48190acf120ca5fe516ab completed May 3, 2026, 3:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6c30cf4f88190b0f2cf958df043c0 completed May 3, 2026, 3:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6c38bc0b08190b76cb0853d99ad82 completed May 3, 2026, 3:39 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:39 p.m.