Triple

T14877607
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bret Easton Ellis E349906 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Tao Lin
Tao Lin is an American novelist, poet, and essayist known for his minimalist, deadpan prose and exploration of contemporary alienation, internet culture, and youth disaffection.
 E1126088 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: Tao Lin | Statement: [Bret Easton Ellis, influenced, Tao Lin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tao Lin
Context triple: [Bret Easton Ellis, influenced, Tao Lin]
  • A. Aaron Guzikowski
    Aaron Guzikowski is an American screenwriter best known for writing the acclaimed thriller film "Prisoners" and creating the science fiction series "Raised by Wolves."
  • B. Kit Young
    Kit Young is a British actor best known for playing Jesper Fahey in the Netflix fantasy series "Shadow and Bone."
  • C. Lucy Ellmann
    Lucy Ellmann is an acclaimed Anglo-American novelist best known for her ambitious, stream-of-consciousness fiction and sharp feminist and political commentary.
  • D. Brian Hartnett
    Brian Hartnett is a notable individual distinguished enough in his field or public life to be specifically recognized as a bearer of the Hartnett surname.
  • E. Jim Shepard
    Jim Shepard is an American author and screenwriter known for his critically acclaimed short stories and novels that often explore historical and speculative scenarios.
  • 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: Tao Lin
Triple: [Bret Easton Ellis, influenced, Tao Lin]
Generated description
Tao Lin is an American novelist, poet, and essayist known for his minimalist, deadpan prose and exploration of contemporary alienation, internet culture, and youth disaffection.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tao Lin
Target entity description: Tao Lin is an American novelist, poet, and essayist known for his minimalist, deadpan prose and exploration of contemporary alienation, internet culture, and youth disaffection.
  • A. Aaron Guzikowski
    Aaron Guzikowski is an American screenwriter best known for writing the acclaimed thriller film "Prisoners" and creating the science fiction series "Raised by Wolves."
  • B. Kit Young
    Kit Young is a British actor best known for playing Jesper Fahey in the Netflix fantasy series "Shadow and Bone."
  • C. Lucy Ellmann
    Lucy Ellmann is an acclaimed Anglo-American novelist best known for her ambitious, stream-of-consciousness fiction and sharp feminist and political commentary.
  • D. Brian Hartnett
    Brian Hartnett is a notable individual distinguished enough in his field or public life to be specifically recognized as a bearer of the Hartnett surname.
  • E. Jim Shepard
    Jim Shepard is an American author and screenwriter known for his critically acclaimed short stories and novels that often explore historical and speculative scenarios.
  • 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_69d822ee4f408190b6ac3b2fa434f0df completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded5e4e4448190a8796573bc6d1069 completed April 15, 2026, 12:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe6b54ad7c819082575245da07e358 completed May 8, 2026, 11:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe6be21f148190bec0e5adfcc0a91a completed May 8, 2026, 11:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe6c6ebe4881909334d772e45403f6 completed May 8, 2026, 11:06 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:55 a.m.