Triple
T14191716
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Casey’s Shadow |
E351727
|
entity |
| Predicate | authorOfSourceWork |
P2353
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John McPhee |
E809489
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: John McPhee | Statement: [Casey’s Shadow, authorOfSourceWork, John McPhee]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John McPhee Context triple: [Casey’s Shadow, authorOfSourceWork, John McPhee]
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A.
John McPhee
chosen
John McPhee is an American writer and pioneer of creative nonfiction, renowned for his deeply reported books and long-form essays often published in The New Yorker.
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B.
Tracy Kidder
Tracy Kidder is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his narrative nonfiction works such as "The Soul of a New Machine" and "Mountains Beyond Mountains."
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C.
J. Anthony Lukas
J. Anthony Lukas was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist and author renowned for his deeply reported narrative nonfiction on social and political issues.
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D.
George Packer
George Packer is an American journalist, novelist, and non-fiction writer best known for his political reporting and books such as "The Assassins' Gate" and "The Unwinding."
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E.
Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright is an American journalist, author, and screenwriter best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative nonfiction works on topics such as terrorism and Scientology.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d827894ac0819097803e57f3227b23 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de61df628c8190ba3f557e2128dce5 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 3:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd1946eb68819096adf3c16a39818d |
completed | May 7, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:04 a.m.