Triple
T14892575
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Dying Animal |
E359787
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David Kepesh
David Kepesh is a recurring Philip Roth protagonist, a self-absorbed, aging intellectual and womanizer whose erotic obsessions and fear of mortality drive much of the psychological drama in Roth’s fiction.
|
E1124732
|
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: David Kepesh | Statement: [The Dying Animal, mainCharacter, David Kepesh]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Kepesh Context triple: [The Dying Animal, mainCharacter, David Kepesh]
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A.
Donald Kaufman
Donald Kaufman is a fictional twin brother of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, created as a meta-character and co-protagonist in the film "Adaptation."
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B.
Steven Lutvak
Steven Lutvak is an American composer and lyricist best known for co-writing the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder."
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C.
Jerry Stahl
Jerry Stahl is an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his darkly comic, autobiographical work, including the addiction memoir "Permanent Midnight."
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D.
Douglas Kenney
Douglas Kenney was an American comedy writer, actor, and co-founder of National Lampoon magazine who became influential in 1970s and 1980s film comedy.
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E.
Michael Lembeck
Michael Lembeck is an American director and actor best known for his work on family comedies and popular television series such as "Friends."
- 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: David Kepesh Triple: [The Dying Animal, mainCharacter, David Kepesh]
Generated description
David Kepesh is a recurring Philip Roth protagonist, a self-absorbed, aging intellectual and womanizer whose erotic obsessions and fear of mortality drive much of the psychological drama in Roth’s fiction.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Kepesh Target entity description: David Kepesh is a recurring Philip Roth protagonist, a self-absorbed, aging intellectual and womanizer whose erotic obsessions and fear of mortality drive much of the psychological drama in Roth’s fiction.
-
A.
Donald Kaufman
Donald Kaufman is a fictional twin brother of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, created as a meta-character and co-protagonist in the film "Adaptation."
-
B.
Steven Lutvak
Steven Lutvak is an American composer and lyricist best known for co-writing the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder."
-
C.
Jerry Stahl
Jerry Stahl is an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his darkly comic, autobiographical work, including the addiction memoir "Permanent Midnight."
-
D.
Douglas Kenney
Douglas Kenney was an American comedy writer, actor, and co-founder of National Lampoon magazine who became influential in 1970s and 1980s film comedy.
-
E.
Michael Lembeck
Michael Lembeck is an American director and actor best known for his work on family comedies and popular television series such as "Friends."
- 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_69d827980cbc8190a0c569ae3940a1d9 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ded5f9d10c819091732d7a5a42a682 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 12:04 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fe6b65ac5c81908691de1161d07de0 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 11:01 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fe6c68c46881909e7c748c0dff73d5 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 11:06 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fe6d1eea60819087ca2ebc7d0a8994 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 11:09 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:10 a.m.