Triple
T13008842
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | For Better or For Worse |
E322354
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Patterson
John Patterson is the mild-mannered, hardworking father and family dentist at the center of Lynn Johnston’s comic strip "For Better or For Worse."
|
E1016046
|
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 Patterson | Statement: [For Better or For Worse, mainCharacter, John Patterson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Patterson Context triple: [For Better or For Worse, mainCharacter, John Patterson]
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A.
John J. Rooney
John J. Rooney was an American Democratic politician who served for many years as a U.S. Representative from New York.
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B.
John McKinley
John McKinley was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in the mid-19th century, known for his participation in significant cases involving federal power and economic development.
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C.
Llewellyn Thompson
Llewellyn Thompson was a prominent American diplomat and Soviet expert who served as U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union during key Cold War crises, including the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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D.
Rance Cleaveland
Rance Cleaveland is a computer scientist known for his work in formal methods and model checking, particularly in the verification of concurrent and distributed systems.
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E.
William H. Gleason
William H. Gleason was an American politician and businessman active in the 19th century, notably involved in Florida’s development and governance during the Reconstruction era.
- 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 Patterson Triple: [For Better or For Worse, mainCharacter, John Patterson]
Generated description
John Patterson is the mild-mannered, hardworking father and family dentist at the center of Lynn Johnston’s comic strip "For Better or For Worse."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Patterson Target entity description: John Patterson is the mild-mannered, hardworking father and family dentist at the center of Lynn Johnston’s comic strip "For Better or For Worse."
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A.
John J. Rooney
John J. Rooney was an American Democratic politician who served for many years as a U.S. Representative from New York.
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B.
John McKinley
John McKinley was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in the mid-19th century, known for his participation in significant cases involving federal power and economic development.
-
C.
Llewellyn Thompson
Llewellyn Thompson was a prominent American diplomat and Soviet expert who served as U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union during key Cold War crises, including the Cuban Missile Crisis.
-
D.
Rance Cleaveland
Rance Cleaveland is a computer scientist known for his work in formal methods and model checking, particularly in the verification of concurrent and distributed systems.
-
E.
William H. Gleason
William H. Gleason was an American politician and businessman active in the 19th century, notably involved in Florida’s development and governance during the Reconstruction era.
- 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_69d807657e8c8190bd9435ee2f823845 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d97e9cf0108190b02f498c6ccc91f8 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6c10bb13481909650432d5c1f5872 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 3:29 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6c381072c819080a9e92add50c780 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 3:39 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f6c43f62c0819092c2f5090bf7fd51 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 3:42 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 8:48 p.m.