Triple

T13354452
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Doc Savage E318151 entity
Predicate creator P184 FINISHED
Object John L. Nanovic
John L. Nanovic was an American pulp magazine editor and writer best known for shaping and overseeing the early adventures of the iconic pulp hero Doc Savage.
E1035871 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 L. Nanovic | Statement: [Doc Savage, creator, John L. Nanovic]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John L. Nanovic
Context triple: [Doc Savage, creator, John L. Nanovic]
  • A. Walter J. Donnelly
    Walter J. Donnelly was an American diplomat who served in senior postwar administrative roles in Germany following World War II.
  • B. Edmund L. Gruber
    Edmund L. Gruber was a U.S. Army officer and composer best known for writing the original field artillery song that later became the official song of the United States Army.
  • C. M. David Mullen
    M. David Mullen is an American cinematographer known for his visually distinctive work on both independent films and television series.
  • D. Russell G. Cory
    Russell G. Cory was an architect known for his work on New York City's landmark Starrett-Lehigh Building, a prominent example of early 20th-century industrial modernism.
  • E. John E. Blaha
    John E. Blaha is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and spent time aboard the Mir space station.
  • 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 L. Nanovic
Triple: [Doc Savage, creator, John L. Nanovic]
Generated description
John L. Nanovic was an American pulp magazine editor and writer best known for shaping and overseeing the early adventures of the iconic pulp hero Doc Savage.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John L. Nanovic
Target entity description: John L. Nanovic was an American pulp magazine editor and writer best known for shaping and overseeing the early adventures of the iconic pulp hero Doc Savage.
  • A. Walter J. Donnelly
    Walter J. Donnelly was an American diplomat who served in senior postwar administrative roles in Germany following World War II.
  • B. Edmund L. Gruber
    Edmund L. Gruber was a U.S. Army officer and composer best known for writing the original field artillery song that later became the official song of the United States Army.
  • C. M. David Mullen
    M. David Mullen is an American cinematographer known for his visually distinctive work on both independent films and television series.
  • D. Russell G. Cory
    Russell G. Cory was an architect known for his work on New York City's landmark Starrett-Lehigh Building, a prominent example of early 20th-century industrial modernism.
  • E. John E. Blaha
    John E. Blaha is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and spent time aboard the Mir space station.
  • 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.