Triple

T14802782
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Manhattan Transfer E347948 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object Jimmy Herf
Jimmy Herf is a central, disillusioned journalist and observer of New York City’s social upheavals in John Dos Passos’s modernist novel "Manhattan Transfer."
 E1120841 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: Jimmy Herf | Statement: [Manhattan Transfer, hasCharacter, Jimmy Herf]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Jimmy Herf
Context triple: [Manhattan Transfer, hasCharacter, Jimmy Herf]
  • A. Peter Kornbluh
    Peter Kornbluh is an American historian and investigative journalist known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and declassified government documents, particularly regarding Latin America.
  • B. Jim Herzfeld
    Jim Herzfeld is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the hit comedy film "Meet the Parents" and its sequel "Meet the Fockers."
  • C. Richard Gehman
    Richard Gehman was an American journalist and prolific magazine and nonfiction writer active in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Andrew Weisblum
    Andrew Weisblum is an American film editor known for his work on major feature films, including collaborations with directors like Darren Aronofsky and Wes Anderson.
  • E. George Weidler
    George Weidler was an American saxophonist and band musician best known for his brief early marriage to singer and actress Doris Day.
  • 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: Jimmy Herf
Triple: [Manhattan Transfer, hasCharacter, Jimmy Herf]
Generated description
Jimmy Herf is a central, disillusioned journalist and observer of New York City’s social upheavals in John Dos Passos’s modernist novel "Manhattan Transfer."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Jimmy Herf
Target entity description: Jimmy Herf is a central, disillusioned journalist and observer of New York City’s social upheavals in John Dos Passos’s modernist novel "Manhattan Transfer."
  • A. Peter Kornbluh
    Peter Kornbluh is an American historian and investigative journalist known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and declassified government documents, particularly regarding Latin America.
  • B. Jim Herzfeld
    Jim Herzfeld is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the hit comedy film "Meet the Parents" and its sequel "Meet the Fockers."
  • C. Richard Gehman
    Richard Gehman was an American journalist and prolific magazine and nonfiction writer active in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Andrew Weisblum
    Andrew Weisblum is an American film editor known for his work on major feature films, including collaborations with directors like Darren Aronofsky and Wes Anderson.
  • E. George Weidler
    George Weidler was an American saxophonist and band musician best known for his brief early marriage to singer and actress Doris Day.
  • 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.