Triple
T14181590
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Poor White |
E351464
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Hugh McVey
Hugh McVey is the introspective, socially isolated inventor at the center of Sherwood Anderson’s novel "Poor White," whose life reflects the tensions of industrialization and small-town America.
|
E1087721
|
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: Hugh McVey | Statement: [Poor White, hasMainCharacter, Hugh McVey]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh McVey Context triple: [Poor White, hasMainCharacter, Hugh McVey]
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A.
Phil Wallace
Phil Wallace is a British businessman best known for owning and serving as long-time chairman of Stevenage Football Club.
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B.
Lance Briggs
Lance Briggs is a former NFL linebacker best known for his long, Pro Bowl–caliber career with the Chicago Bears.
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C.
Jeff Perry
Jeff Perry is an American actor and theater director best known as a co-founder of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company and for his roles in television series such as "Scandal."
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D.
Cal McVey
Cal McVey was a 19th-century American baseball player and one of the sport’s earliest professional stars, known for his versatility in the infield and outfield.
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E.
Greg Clark
Greg Clark is a British Conservative politician who served as the inaugural Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and has held several senior government roles.
- 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: Hugh McVey Triple: [Poor White, hasMainCharacter, Hugh McVey]
Generated description
Hugh McVey is the introspective, socially isolated inventor at the center of Sherwood Anderson’s novel "Poor White," whose life reflects the tensions of industrialization and small-town America.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh McVey Target entity description: Hugh McVey is the introspective, socially isolated inventor at the center of Sherwood Anderson’s novel "Poor White," whose life reflects the tensions of industrialization and small-town America.
-
A.
Phil Wallace
Phil Wallace is a British businessman best known for owning and serving as long-time chairman of Stevenage Football Club.
-
B.
Lance Briggs
Lance Briggs is a former NFL linebacker best known for his long, Pro Bowl–caliber career with the Chicago Bears.
-
C.
Jeff Perry
Jeff Perry is an American actor and theater director best known as a co-founder of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company and for his roles in television series such as "Scandal."
-
D.
Cal McVey
Cal McVey was a 19th-century American baseball player and one of the sport’s earliest professional stars, known for his versatility in the infield and outfield.
-
E.
Greg Clark
Greg Clark is a British Conservative politician who served as the inaugural Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and has held several senior government roles.
- 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_69d8278834a08190b0f1784e58d7b99c |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de61ca3ad88190944850c97760dcbf |
completed | April 14, 2026, 3:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd280656a881909c565b99e85ae9bd |
completed | May 8, 2026, 12:02 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd29d254608190a9f0b8e5623451aa |
completed | May 8, 2026, 12:09 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd2aa5bf3c8190bb62ce780d417b7d |
completed | May 8, 2026, 12:13 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:02 a.m.