Triple

T15079603
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject E. L. Doctorow E380102 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Doctorow
Doctorow is a surname most prominently associated with E. L. Doctorow, the acclaimed American novelist known for his works of historical fiction such as "Ragtime."
E1137511 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: Doctorow | Statement: [E. L. Doctorow, familyName, Doctorow]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doctorow
Context triple: [E. L. Doctorow, familyName, Doctorow]
  • A. Dubrow
    Dubrow is a surname most notably associated with American television personality and actress Heather Dubrow.
  • B. Leibowitz
    Leibowitz is the birth surname of American comedian and former "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart.
  • C. Aaron M. Powell
    Aaron M. Powell was a 19th-century American abolitionist and reformer who played a leading role in anti-slavery and social justice movements.
  • D. Waldman
    Waldman is a surname most notably associated with Eyal Waldman, an Israeli entrepreneur and co-founder of the high-performance networking company Mellanox Technologies.
  • E. D.G. Baley
    D.G. Baley is a character in Isaac Asimov’s Robot series, known as a descendant of detective Elijah Baley who plays a key role in the novel "Robots and Empire."
  • 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: Doctorow
Triple: [E. L. Doctorow, familyName, Doctorow]
Generated description
Doctorow is a surname most prominently associated with E. L. Doctorow, the acclaimed American novelist known for his works of historical fiction such as "Ragtime."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doctorow
Target entity description: Doctorow is a surname most prominently associated with E. L. Doctorow, the acclaimed American novelist known for his works of historical fiction such as "Ragtime."
  • A. Dubrow
    Dubrow is a surname most notably associated with American television personality and actress Heather Dubrow.
  • B. Leibowitz
    Leibowitz is the birth surname of American comedian and former "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart.
  • C. Aaron M. Powell
    Aaron M. Powell was a 19th-century American abolitionist and reformer who played a leading role in anti-slavery and social justice movements.
  • D. Waldman
    Waldman is a surname most notably associated with Eyal Waldman, an Israeli entrepreneur and co-founder of the high-performance networking company Mellanox Technologies.
  • E. D.G. Baley
    D.G. Baley is a character in Isaac Asimov’s Robot series, known as a descendant of detective Elijah Baley who plays a key role in the novel "Robots and Empire."
  • 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_69d85cd7683881908d405c1b5d7b4f7f completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dff80008c88190840f94222f867478 completed April 15, 2026, 8:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69feae13f76881908485b3507b380799 completed May 9, 2026, 3:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69feafdbf5c08190b4b219009dbeb511 completed May 9, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69feb05a3a308190930594538d79722a completed May 9, 2026, 3:56 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:03 a.m.