Triple

T1353944
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Christopher Hitchens E28943 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object Slate
Slate is an online magazine known for its commentary and analysis on politics, culture, and current events.
 E156077 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: Slate | Statement: [Christopher Hitchens, employer, Slate]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Slate
Context triple: [Christopher Hitchens, employer, Slate]
  • A. Papel
    Papel is an indigenous language of Guinea-Bissau spoken primarily by the Papel people in the coastal regions around Bissau.
  • B. Obsidian
    Obsidian is a dark, nearly black color variant commonly used as a sleek, premium finish for electronic devices such as smartphones.
  • C. The Paper
    The Paper is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard that follows the hectic, deadline-driven day at a New York City tabloid newspaper.
  • D. Tapestry
    Tapestry is Carole King’s landmark 1971 singer-songwriter album, widely acclaimed for its intimate songwriting and enduring influence on pop and soft rock music.
  • E. Clarion
    Clarion is a small city in central Iowa, United States, serving as the county seat of Wright County.
  • 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: Slate
Triple: [Christopher Hitchens, employer, Slate]
Generated description
Slate is an online magazine known for its commentary and analysis on politics, culture, and current events.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Slate
Target entity description: Slate is an online magazine known for its commentary and analysis on politics, culture, and current events.
  • A. Papel
    Papel is an indigenous language of Guinea-Bissau spoken primarily by the Papel people in the coastal regions around Bissau.
  • B. Obsidian
    Obsidian is a dark, nearly black color variant commonly used as a sleek, premium finish for electronic devices such as smartphones.
  • C. The Paper
    The Paper is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard that follows the hectic, deadline-driven day at a New York City tabloid newspaper.
  • D. Tapestry
    Tapestry is Carole King’s landmark 1971 singer-songwriter album, widely acclaimed for its intimate songwriting and enduring influence on pop and soft rock music.
  • E. Clarion
    Clarion is a small city in central Iowa, United States, serving as the county seat of Wright County.
  • 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_69a498571d248190a0ac9eb02d97097f completed March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c26e916c8190b4b324df87f4c121 completed March 1, 2026, 10:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acce6bf6188190a0e1c8acd16b8088 completed March 8, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69accf47541481909f2032cdf8e4272b completed March 8, 2026, 1:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69accff8af488190a7580cf7c02ceed9 completed March 8, 2026, 1:25 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:56 p.m.