Triple
T13648802
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The City and the Pillar |
E326673
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Jim Willard
Jim Willard is the young, athletic protagonist of Gore Vidal’s novel "The City and the Pillar," whose coming-of-age story explores themes of homosexuality, identity, and societal repression in mid-20th-century America.
|
E1168947
|
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: Jim Willard | Statement: [The City and the Pillar, mainCharacter, Jim Willard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jim Willard Context triple: [The City and the Pillar, mainCharacter, Jim Willard]
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A.
Charles Gilkey
Charles Gilkey was a person significant enough in polar or geological exploration or research to have the Antarctic Gilkey Glacier named in his honor.
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B.
Bill Wittliff
Bill Wittliff was an American screenwriter, author, and photographer best known for adapting and writing acclaimed Western-themed films and television miniseries.
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C.
Donald Blye
Donald Blye is a character in the television series "NCIS: Los Angeles," known primarily as the father of Special Agent Kensi Blye and a former Marine whose mysterious past plays a key role in her backstory.
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D.
Jim Barnhill
Jim Barnhill was an American football official best known for serving as a referee in the American Football League during the 1960s.
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E.
George LaVoo
George LaVoo is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for his work on independent films, including the acclaimed coming-of-age drama "Real Women Have Curves."
- 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: Jim Willard Triple: [The City and the Pillar, mainCharacter, Jim Willard]
Generated description
Jim Willard is the young, athletic protagonist of Gore Vidal’s novel "The City and the Pillar," whose coming-of-age story explores themes of homosexuality, identity, and societal repression in mid-20th-century America.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jim Willard Target entity description: Jim Willard is the young, athletic protagonist of Gore Vidal’s novel "The City and the Pillar," whose coming-of-age story explores themes of homosexuality, identity, and societal repression in mid-20th-century America.
-
A.
Charles Gilkey
Charles Gilkey was a person significant enough in polar or geological exploration or research to have the Antarctic Gilkey Glacier named in his honor.
-
B.
Bill Wittliff
Bill Wittliff was an American screenwriter, author, and photographer best known for adapting and writing acclaimed Western-themed films and television miniseries.
-
C.
Donald Blye
Donald Blye is a character in the television series "NCIS: Los Angeles," known primarily as the father of Special Agent Kensi Blye and a former Marine whose mysterious past plays a key role in her backstory.
-
D.
Jim Barnhill
Jim Barnhill was an American football official best known for serving as a referee in the American Football League during the 1960s.
-
E.
George LaVoo
George LaVoo is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for his work on independent films, including the acclaimed coming-of-age drama "Real Women Have Curves."
- 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_69dbc608466c81908f6d2c9c92cc86aa |
completed | April 12, 2026, 4:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff677935408190a28af4cd34d82aa4 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 4:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ff67f64d2c81908fd2d8a09cd0b369 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 4:59 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ff6888a85481909e8cdd34ed230fa4 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 5:02 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:52 p.m.