Triple
T13648070
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Motherless Brooklyn |
E326655
|
entity |
| Predicate | protagonist |
P268
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Lionel Essrog
Lionel Essrog is a Brooklyn private investigator with Tourette syndrome whose compulsive tics and verbal outbursts shape his distinctive voice and perspective in Jonathan Lethem’s novel "Motherless Brooklyn."
|
E1053797
|
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: Lionel Essrog | Statement: [Motherless Brooklyn, protagonist, Lionel Essrog]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lionel Essrog Context triple: [Motherless Brooklyn, protagonist, Lionel Essrog]
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A.
Benjy Eisen
Benjy Eisen is a music journalist and author best known for co-writing memoirs with Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann.
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B.
Brian Weiss
Brian Weiss is an American psychiatrist and author best known for popularizing past-life regression therapy through his bestselling books and public lectures.
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C.
Nathaniel Blume
Nathaniel Blume is a contemporary American composer best known for his work on television and film scores, particularly in the crime and thriller genres.
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D.
Levi Marks
Levi Marks was an individual significant enough in local history or development that the town of Marks, Mississippi, was named in his honor.
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E.
Rudolph Bloom
Rudolph Bloom is the father of Leopold Bloom in James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses," representing the protagonist’s Hungarian Jewish heritage and familial past.
- 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: Lionel Essrog Triple: [Motherless Brooklyn, protagonist, Lionel Essrog]
Generated description
Lionel Essrog is a Brooklyn private investigator with Tourette syndrome whose compulsive tics and verbal outbursts shape his distinctive voice and perspective in Jonathan Lethem’s novel "Motherless Brooklyn."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lionel Essrog Target entity description: Lionel Essrog is a Brooklyn private investigator with Tourette syndrome whose compulsive tics and verbal outbursts shape his distinctive voice and perspective in Jonathan Lethem’s novel "Motherless Brooklyn."
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A.
Benjy Eisen
Benjy Eisen is a music journalist and author best known for co-writing memoirs with Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann.
-
B.
Brian Weiss
Brian Weiss is an American psychiatrist and author best known for popularizing past-life regression therapy through his bestselling books and public lectures.
-
C.
Nathaniel Blume
Nathaniel Blume is a contemporary American composer best known for his work on television and film scores, particularly in the crime and thriller genres.
-
D.
Levi Marks
Levi Marks was an individual significant enough in local history or development that the town of Marks, Mississippi, was named in his honor.
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E.
Rudolph Bloom
Rudolph Bloom is the father of Leopold Bloom in James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses," representing the protagonist’s Hungarian Jewish heritage and familial past.
- 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_69d8076d8270819092afc2f0e9c359a8 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dbc6073e888190965456a639839749 |
completed | April 12, 2026, 4:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f78afbf8948190ad38ea7529e52f16 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 5:50 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f78bd52b748190ab483ec7634a6549 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 5:54 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f78d277c5c8190970cb3cd0fd32905 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 6 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:52 p.m.