Triple

T13354450
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Doc Savage E318151 entity
Predicate creator P184 FINISHED
Object Lester Dent
Lester Dent was an American pulp fiction writer best known for his prolific authorship of the Doc Savage adventure series in the 1930s and 1940s.
E1035870 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: Lester Dent | Statement: [Doc Savage, creator, Lester Dent]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lester Dent
Context triple: [Doc Savage, creator, Lester Dent]
  • A. Denny O'Neil
    Denny O'Neil was an influential American comic book writer and editor best known for revitalizing Batman and pioneering socially conscious storytelling at DC and Marvel Comics.
  • B. Gardner Fox
    Gardner Fox was a prolific American comic book writer best known for co-creating numerous DC Comics superheroes, including the Flash, Hawkman, and the Justice Society of America.
  • C. Archie Goodwin
    Archie Goodwin was an influential American comic book writer, editor, and longtime Marvel and DC contributor renowned for his storytelling and editorial leadership in the industry.
  • D. Archie Goodwin
    Archie Goodwin is the witty, street-smart assistant and narrator who serves as the legman for armchair detective Nero Wolfe in Rex Stout’s mystery stories.
  • E. Hopper Jack Penn
    Hopper Jack Penn is an American actor and model, known as the son of actors Sean Penn and Robin Wright.
  • 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: Lester Dent
Triple: [Doc Savage, creator, Lester Dent]
Generated description
Lester Dent was an American pulp fiction writer best known for his prolific authorship of the Doc Savage adventure series in the 1930s and 1940s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lester Dent
Target entity description: Lester Dent was an American pulp fiction writer best known for his prolific authorship of the Doc Savage adventure series in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • A. Denny O'Neil
    Denny O'Neil was an influential American comic book writer and editor best known for revitalizing Batman and pioneering socially conscious storytelling at DC and Marvel Comics.
  • B. Gardner Fox
    Gardner Fox was a prolific American comic book writer best known for co-creating numerous DC Comics superheroes, including the Flash, Hawkman, and the Justice Society of America.
  • C. Archie Goodwin
    Archie Goodwin was an influential American comic book writer, editor, and longtime Marvel and DC contributor renowned for his storytelling and editorial leadership in the industry.
  • D. Archie Goodwin
    Archie Goodwin is the witty, street-smart assistant and narrator who serves as the legman for armchair detective Nero Wolfe in Rex Stout’s mystery stories.
  • E. Hopper Jack Penn
    Hopper Jack Penn is an American actor and model, known as the son of actors Sean Penn and Robin Wright.
  • 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_69d806b5a3c08190b42c267fb092f98a completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d99e8d520881908aa23c7102b72b72 completed April 11, 2026, 1:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f71f49e5548190b14d09daea628e6b completed May 3, 2026, 10:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f721b1a5d88190b9075437c7ab81a5 completed May 3, 2026, 10:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f72262ede4819095b3dc4c7cd63450 completed May 3, 2026, 10:24 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:32 p.m.