Triple
T14705031
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Oil! |
E345405
|
entity |
| Predicate | protagonist |
P268
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Arnold Ross Jr.
James Arnold Ross Jr. is the central character in Upton Sinclair’s novel "Oil!", a young man whose coming-of-age unfolds amid the corruption and upheaval of the early 20th-century California oil boom.
|
E1116110
|
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: James Arnold Ross Jr. | Statement: [Oil!, protagonist, James Arnold Ross Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Arnold Ross Jr. Context triple: [Oil!, protagonist, James Arnold Ross Jr.]
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A.
James Arnold Taylor
James Arnold Taylor is an American voice actor known for his work in animation and video games, including roles such as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and numerous iconic cartoon characters.
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B.
Christopher Ross
Christopher Ross is a British cinematographer known for his visually distinctive work on films such as "Yesterday" and other contemporary feature productions.
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C.
Jesse Reeves
Jesse Reeves is a young human scholar and music journalist who becomes entangled with vampires in Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles, notably in the novel and film "Queen of the Damned."
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D.
James Clemons
James Clemons is an individual whose specific public notability or distinguishing background is not clearly identifiable from the given information.
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E.
Eric Palicki
Eric Palicki is an American comic book writer known for creator-owned and independent titles, and as the brother of actress Adrianne Palicki.
- 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: James Arnold Ross Jr. Triple: [Oil!, protagonist, James Arnold Ross Jr.]
Generated description
James Arnold Ross Jr. is the central character in Upton Sinclair’s novel "Oil!", a young man whose coming-of-age unfolds amid the corruption and upheaval of the early 20th-century California oil boom.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Arnold Ross Jr. Target entity description: James Arnold Ross Jr. is the central character in Upton Sinclair’s novel "Oil!", a young man whose coming-of-age unfolds amid the corruption and upheaval of the early 20th-century California oil boom.
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A.
James Arnold Taylor
James Arnold Taylor is an American voice actor known for his work in animation and video games, including roles such as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and numerous iconic cartoon characters.
-
B.
Christopher Ross
Christopher Ross is a British cinematographer known for his visually distinctive work on films such as "Yesterday" and other contemporary feature productions.
-
C.
Jesse Reeves
Jesse Reeves is a young human scholar and music journalist who becomes entangled with vampires in Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles, notably in the novel and film "Queen of the Damned."
-
D.
James Clemons
James Clemons is an individual whose specific public notability or distinguishing background is not clearly identifiable from the given information.
-
E.
Eric Palicki
Eric Palicki is an American comic book writer known for creator-owned and independent titles, and as the brother of actress Adrianne Palicki.
- 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_69fdf087ce8c819081a7186df67bcf1f |
completed | May 8, 2026, 2:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fdf2a63cc88190b3670378c54c96b6 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 2:26 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fdf31fcb4081908a88cf4d4c5ddced |
completed | May 8, 2026, 2:28 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:28 a.m.