Triple
T14535802
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Steig |
E341039
|
entity |
| Predicate | sibling |
P363
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Irwin Steig
Irwin Steig was an American writer and cartoonist, known for his work in magazines and newspapers and as a member of the creatively prolific Steig family.
|
E1104433
|
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: Irwin Steig | Statement: [William Steig, sibling, Irwin Steig]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irwin Steig Context triple: [William Steig, sibling, Irwin Steig]
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A.
Sidney Silverstein
Sidney Silverstein, better known by his stage name Sid Silvers, was an American comedian, actor, and songwriter active in vaudeville, Broadway, and early Hollywood films.
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B.
Larry Eigner
Larry Eigner was an American poet associated with the Black Mountain and Language poetry movements, known for his visually spaced, minimalist verse often composed from his wheelchair.
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C.
David B. Steinman
David B. Steinman was a prominent American civil engineer and bridge designer known for his innovative long-span suspension bridges in the 20th century.
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D.
S. J. Perelman
S. J. Perelman was an American humorist and screenwriter renowned for his sharp, surreal wit and his work on Marx Brothers films and sophisticated comic essays.
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E.
Art Buchwald
Art Buchwald was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American humorist and political satirist best known for his witty newspaper columns lampooning Washington politics and American life.
- 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: Irwin Steig Triple: [William Steig, sibling, Irwin Steig]
Generated description
Irwin Steig was an American writer and cartoonist, known for his work in magazines and newspapers and as a member of the creatively prolific Steig family.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irwin Steig Target entity description: Irwin Steig was an American writer and cartoonist, known for his work in magazines and newspapers and as a member of the creatively prolific Steig family.
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A.
Sidney Silverstein
Sidney Silverstein, better known by his stage name Sid Silvers, was an American comedian, actor, and songwriter active in vaudeville, Broadway, and early Hollywood films.
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B.
Larry Eigner
Larry Eigner was an American poet associated with the Black Mountain and Language poetry movements, known for his visually spaced, minimalist verse often composed from his wheelchair.
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C.
David B. Steinman
David B. Steinman was a prominent American civil engineer and bridge designer known for his innovative long-span suspension bridges in the 20th century.
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D.
S. J. Perelman
S. J. Perelman was an American humorist and screenwriter renowned for his sharp, surreal wit and his work on Marx Brothers films and sophisticated comic essays.
-
E.
Art Buchwald
Art Buchwald was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American humorist and political satirist best known for his witty newspaper columns lampooning Washington politics and American life.
- 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_69d822dac79c8190a84a073f3cbaced5 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69deb1b9d39881908c7a3a5b17d432af |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd7a5ae04881909e7eb766fca33066 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 5:53 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd7b0160a08190ae181eb7acb3b6bc |
completed | May 8, 2026, 5:56 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd7be778dc81908b0602bab944330a |
completed | May 8, 2026, 6 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:22 a.m.