Triple

T13469387
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Chuck Palahniuk E311587 entity
Predicate influencedBy P9 FINISHED
Object Tom Spanbauer
Tom Spanbauer is an American novelist and writing teacher known for his minimalist style and for mentoring authors such as Chuck Palahniuk.
 E1042192 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: Tom Spanbauer | Statement: [Chuck Palahniuk, influencedBy, Tom Spanbauer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tom Spanbauer
Context triple: [Chuck Palahniuk, influencedBy, Tom Spanbauer]
  • A. Josh Sborz
    Josh Sborz is an American professional baseball pitcher known for his standout collegiate career at the University of Virginia, where he helped lead the Cavaliers to a national championship.
  • B. Jimmy DeGrasso
    Jimmy DeGrasso is an American heavy metal drummer best known for his work with major bands such as Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies, and Alice Cooper.
  • C. Jon Schneck
    Jon Schneck is an American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with the Christian rock band Relient K.
  • D. Matt Weitzman
    Matt Weitzman is an American television writer and producer best known as a co-creator and executive producer of the animated series "American Dad!"
  • E. Josh Schaeffer
    Josh Schaeffer is a film editor known for his work on major studio features, including the monster crossover blockbuster "Godzilla vs. Kong."
  • 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: Tom Spanbauer
Triple: [Chuck Palahniuk, influencedBy, Tom Spanbauer]
Generated description
Tom Spanbauer is an American novelist and writing teacher known for his minimalist style and for mentoring authors such as Chuck Palahniuk.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tom Spanbauer
Target entity description: Tom Spanbauer is an American novelist and writing teacher known for his minimalist style and for mentoring authors such as Chuck Palahniuk.
  • A. Josh Sborz
    Josh Sborz is an American professional baseball pitcher known for his standout collegiate career at the University of Virginia, where he helped lead the Cavaliers to a national championship.
  • B. Jimmy DeGrasso
    Jimmy DeGrasso is an American heavy metal drummer best known for his work with major bands such as Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies, and Alice Cooper.
  • C. Jon Schneck
    Jon Schneck is an American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with the Christian rock band Relient K.
  • D. Matt Weitzman
    Matt Weitzman is an American television writer and producer best known as a co-creator and executive producer of the animated series "American Dad!"
  • E. Josh Schaeffer
    Josh Schaeffer is a film editor known for his work on major studio features, including the monster crossover blockbuster "Godzilla vs. Kong."
  • 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_69d806a938b8819097ec43a2229fc7f9 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbaf21e46081908a00c9acf54f270f completed April 12, 2026, 2:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7462bcb848190804a48f1a50a0c71 completed May 3, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f74af641f881908af981d251e671be completed May 3, 2026, 1:17 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f74b78bd508190a10708572a6e9309 completed May 3, 2026, 1:19 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:42 p.m.