Triple

T12947380
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject A Dog’s Purpose E309804 entity
Predicate authorOfSourceMaterial P2806 FINISHED
Object W. Bruce Cameron
W. Bruce Cameron is an American author best known for his heartwarming, dog-centered novels that explore the bonds between humans and their pets, including the bestselling book "A Dog’s Purpose."
 E1061056 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: W. Bruce Cameron | Statement: [A Dog’s Purpose, authorOfSourceMaterial, W. Bruce Cameron]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: W. Bruce Cameron
Context triple: [A Dog’s Purpose, authorOfSourceMaterial, W. Bruce Cameron]
  • A. R. Bruce Lindsay
    R. Bruce Lindsay was an American physicist and acoustician known for his influential work in physical acoustics and contributions to the history and philosophy of science.
  • B. Richard H. Cameron
    Richard H. Cameron was a mathematician known for his foundational contributions to probability theory and functional analysis, most notably through the Cameron–Martin theorem.
  • C. Ian O. Cameron
    Ian O. Cameron is a Canadian-born television producer known for his long career at ABC News and for being married to former U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice.
  • D. David K. E. Bruce
    David K. E. Bruce was a prominent American diplomat and statesman who served as U.S. ambassador to France, Germany, and the United Kingdom during the mid-20th century.
  • E. J. Duncan Smith
    J. Duncan Smith is an American media executive and businessman, known as one of the sons of television broadcasting pioneer Julian Sinclair Smith.
  • 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: W. Bruce Cameron
Triple: [A Dog’s Purpose, authorOfSourceMaterial, W. Bruce Cameron]
Generated description
W. Bruce Cameron is an American author best known for his heartwarming, dog-centered novels that explore the bonds between humans and their pets, including the bestselling book "A Dog’s Purpose."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: W. Bruce Cameron
Target entity description: W. Bruce Cameron is an American author best known for his heartwarming, dog-centered novels that explore the bonds between humans and their pets, including the bestselling book "A Dog’s Purpose."
  • A. R. Bruce Lindsay
    R. Bruce Lindsay was an American physicist and acoustician known for his influential work in physical acoustics and contributions to the history and philosophy of science.
  • B. Richard H. Cameron
    Richard H. Cameron was a mathematician known for his foundational contributions to probability theory and functional analysis, most notably through the Cameron–Martin theorem.
  • C. Ian O. Cameron
    Ian O. Cameron is a Canadian-born television producer known for his long career at ABC News and for being married to former U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice.
  • D. David K. E. Bruce
    David K. E. Bruce was a prominent American diplomat and statesman who served as U.S. ambassador to France, Germany, and the United Kingdom during the mid-20th century.
  • E. J. Duncan Smith
    J. Duncan Smith is an American media executive and businessman, known as one of the sons of television broadcasting pioneer Julian Sinclair Smith.
  • 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_69d7bdfb57a88190836b743e2825feca completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d97e1c67b8819094e5243267f93ce2 completed April 10, 2026, 10:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7b056ae388190803458d8fd0331e9 completed May 3, 2026, 8:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7b176fc208190a78dbe555b06aca7 completed May 3, 2026, 8:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7b210ce24819091dc387f128f99e8 completed May 3, 2026, 8:37 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:43 p.m.