Triple
T14704744
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Pit: A Story of Chicago |
E345396
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCharacter |
P2308
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sheldon Corthell
Sheldon Corthell is a fictional character in Frank Norris’s novel "The Pit: A Story of Chicago," which explores the world of grain speculation and high finance in early 20th-century Chicago.
|
E1201651
|
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: Sheldon Corthell | Statement: [The Pit: A Story of Chicago, hasCharacter, Sheldon Corthell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sheldon Corthell Context triple: [The Pit: A Story of Chicago, hasCharacter, Sheldon Corthell]
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A.
Sheldon Luce
Sheldon Luce is a member of the Luce family, known primarily as the child of Elizabeth Root Luce.
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B.
Sheldon Turner
Sheldon Turner is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on films such as "Up in the Air" and other major Hollywood projects.
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C.
Sheldon Lettich
Sheldon Lettich is an American screenwriter and film director best known for his work on action films, including collaborations with Jean-Claude Van Damme and co-writing major Hollywood projects.
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D.
Sheldon Emery
Sheldon Emery was a benefactor whose name was given to a professorship in chemistry at Harvard University.
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E.
Sheldon Haley
Sheldon "Shay" Haley is an American musician, producer, and member of the funk-rock band N.E.R.D. alongside Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo.
- 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: Sheldon Corthell Triple: [The Pit: A Story of Chicago, hasCharacter, Sheldon Corthell]
Generated description
Sheldon Corthell is a fictional character in Frank Norris’s novel "The Pit: A Story of Chicago," which explores the world of grain speculation and high finance in early 20th-century Chicago.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sheldon Corthell Target entity description: Sheldon Corthell is a fictional character in Frank Norris’s novel "The Pit: A Story of Chicago," which explores the world of grain speculation and high finance in early 20th-century Chicago.
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A.
Sheldon Luce
Sheldon Luce is a member of the Luce family, known primarily as the child of Elizabeth Root Luce.
-
B.
Sheldon Turner
Sheldon Turner is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on films such as "Up in the Air" and other major Hollywood projects.
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C.
Sheldon Lettich
Sheldon Lettich is an American screenwriter and film director best known for his work on action films, including collaborations with Jean-Claude Van Damme and co-writing major Hollywood projects.
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D.
Sheldon Emery
Sheldon Emery was a benefactor whose name was given to a professorship in chemistry at Harvard University.
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E.
Sheldon Haley
Sheldon "Shay" Haley is an American musician, producer, and member of the funk-rock band N.E.R.D. alongside Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo.
- 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_69d822e4a8c08190a155df736bb7bc13 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69deb6086c608190a66c64e23a3e002f |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a000ebbc67c8190bd930a2773edb5b2 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:51 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a000f7e6338819099598bc22d31cd22 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:54 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a001025300c819084933d9c6d19fe97 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:57 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:28 a.m.