Triple
T15038738
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hal Incandenza |
E378545
|
entity |
| Predicate | createdBy |
P806
|
FINISHED |
| Object | David Foster Wallace |
E63902
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Foster Wallace | Statement: [Hal Incandenza, createdBy, David Foster Wallace]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Foster Wallace Context triple: [Hal Incandenza, createdBy, David Foster Wallace]
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A.
David Foster Wallace
chosen
David Foster Wallace was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer best known for his encyclopedic, experimental novel "Infinite Jest" and his incisive explorations of contemporary culture, consciousness, and addiction.
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B.
Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen is an American novelist and essayist best known for his sprawling, character-driven social novels such as "The Corrections" and "Freedom," which explore contemporary family life and cultural anxieties.
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C.
Nicholson Baker
Nicholson Baker is an American novelist and essayist known for his meticulous attention to everyday detail, inventive prose style, and works such as "The Mezzanine" and "Vox."
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D.
Sam Lipsyte
Sam Lipsyte is an American novelist and short story writer known for his darkly comic, satirical fiction exploring contemporary alienation and absurdity.
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E.
Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers is an American author, editor, and publisher known for works like "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" and for founding the independent publishing house McSweeney’s and the literacy nonprofit 826 Valencia.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d85cd46b2c819090d054c27787f677 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ded82cf3848190b0b2b6c9e65bc70b |
completed | April 15, 2026, 12:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff0b340900819093aa210b702f124b |
completed | May 9, 2026, 10:23 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:59 a.m.