Triple
T14704768
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Vandover and the Brute |
E345397
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entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Frank Norris |
E68785
|
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: Frank Norris | Statement: [Vandover and the Brute, author, Frank Norris]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Norris Context triple: [Vandover and the Brute, author, Frank Norris]
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A.
Frank Norris
chosen
Frank Norris was an American novelist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries known for his naturalistic works such as "McTeague" and "The Octopus," which explored the harsh realities of American life and capitalism.
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B.
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser was an American novelist and journalist known for his naturalistic, unvarnished portrayals of urban life and social inequality in works such as "Sister Carrie" and "An American Tragedy."
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C.
John Howells
John Howells is a notable individual who shares the surname associated with the prominent Howells family name.
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D.
Owen Wister
Owen Wister was an American writer best known for pioneering the Western genre in literature, particularly through his influential novel "The Virginian."
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E.
William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells was a prominent 19th-century American realist author, critic, and editor often called the "Dean of American Letters."
- 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_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_69feb7cfd9d08190b5b95f6dc0a08537 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 4:28 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:28 a.m.