Triple

T14802693
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The 42nd Parallel E347946 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object Joe Williams
Joe Williams is a fictional character in John Dos Passos's novel "The 42nd Parallel," representing the experiences and struggles of ordinary Americans in the early 20th century.
E1120838 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: Joe Williams | Statement: [The 42nd Parallel, hasCharacter, Joe Williams]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joe Williams
Context triple: [The 42nd Parallel, hasCharacter, Joe Williams]
  • A. Joe Williams
    Joe Williams was a renowned American jazz and blues singer best known for his powerful baritone voice and celebrated recordings with the Count Basie Orchestra.
  • B. Joe Williams
    Joe Williams is a cinematographer best known for his work on the comedy film "Coming 2 America."
  • C. Jack Teagarden
    Jack Teagarden was an influential American jazz trombonist and singer renowned for his smooth tone, innovative technique, and collaborations with major jazz bandleaders of the swing era.
  • D. Ray Nance
    Ray Nance was an American jazz trumpeter, violinist, vocalist, and entertainer best known for his long tenure with Duke Ellington’s orchestra, where he contributed iconic solos and versatile performances.
  • E. Jerry Vale
    Jerry Vale was an American traditional pop singer known for his smooth tenor voice and romantic ballads, particularly popular in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • 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: Joe Williams
Triple: [The 42nd Parallel, hasCharacter, Joe Williams]
Generated description
Joe Williams is a fictional character in John Dos Passos's novel "The 42nd Parallel," representing the experiences and struggles of ordinary Americans in the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joe Williams
Target entity description: Joe Williams is a fictional character in John Dos Passos's novel "The 42nd Parallel," representing the experiences and struggles of ordinary Americans in the early 20th century.
  • A. Joe Williams
    Joe Williams was a renowned American jazz and blues singer best known for his powerful baritone voice and celebrated recordings with the Count Basie Orchestra.
  • B. Joe Williams
    Joe Williams is a cinematographer best known for his work on the comedy film "Coming 2 America."
  • C. Jack Teagarden
    Jack Teagarden was an influential American jazz trombonist and singer renowned for his smooth tone, innovative technique, and collaborations with major jazz bandleaders of the swing era.
  • D. Ray Nance
    Ray Nance was an American jazz trumpeter, violinist, vocalist, and entertainer best known for his long tenure with Duke Ellington’s orchestra, where he contributed iconic solos and versatile performances.
  • E. Jerry Vale
    Jerry Vale was an American traditional pop singer known for his smooth tenor voice and romantic ballads, particularly popular in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • 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_69d822ea8b7c819097dfadf3d45545e6 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69decf30d044819082ac038e06481aab completed April 14, 2026, 11:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe24c4f690819087504fcfd2df8ba3 completed May 8, 2026, 6 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe264b234881909903ebfc1039ec72 completed May 8, 2026, 6:07 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe26ca706881908fe0da780bd9f691 completed May 8, 2026, 6:09 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:33 a.m.