Triple

T15079617
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject E. L. Doctorow E380102 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Billy Bathgate
Billy Bathgate is a historical novel by E. L. Doctorow that follows a Bronx teenager who becomes entangled with the criminal underworld of 1930s New York.
 E1137512 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: Billy Bathgate | Statement: [E. L. Doctorow, notableWork, Billy Bathgate]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Billy Bathgate
Context triple: [E. L. Doctorow, notableWork, Billy Bathgate]
  • A. Balthazar Getty
    Balthazar Getty is an American actor and musician known for roles in films like "Lord of the Flies" and the TV series "Brothers & Sisters," as well as for being a member of the Getty family.
  • B. Don Drummond
    Don Drummond was a pioneering Jamaican trombonist and composer, best known as a founding member of the Skatalites and a key figure in the development of ska music.
  • C. Frank Cowperwood
    Frank Cowperwood is an ambitious and morally ambiguous financier whose ruthless rise and fall in the world of high-stakes capitalism drives the narrative of Theodore Dreiser’s novels.
  • D. Peter Goldfinger
    Peter Goldfinger is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing horror and thriller films such as "Jigsaw" and "Piranha 3D."
  • E. John Crown
    John Crown was a distinguished piano teacher and musician known for mentoring prominent artists such as conductor Michael Tilson Thomas.
  • 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: Billy Bathgate
Triple: [E. L. Doctorow, notableWork, Billy Bathgate]
Generated description
Billy Bathgate is a historical novel by E. L. Doctorow that follows a Bronx teenager who becomes entangled with the criminal underworld of 1930s New York.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Billy Bathgate
Target entity description: Billy Bathgate is a historical novel by E. L. Doctorow that follows a Bronx teenager who becomes entangled with the criminal underworld of 1930s New York.
  • A. Balthazar Getty
    Balthazar Getty is an American actor and musician known for roles in films like "Lord of the Flies" and the TV series "Brothers & Sisters," as well as for being a member of the Getty family.
  • B. Don Drummond
    Don Drummond was a pioneering Jamaican trombonist and composer, best known as a founding member of the Skatalites and a key figure in the development of ska music.
  • C. Frank Cowperwood
    Frank Cowperwood is an ambitious and morally ambiguous financier whose ruthless rise and fall in the world of high-stakes capitalism drives the narrative of Theodore Dreiser’s novels.
  • D. Peter Goldfinger
    Peter Goldfinger is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing horror and thriller films such as "Jigsaw" and "Piranha 3D."
  • E. John Crown
    John Crown was a distinguished piano teacher and musician known for mentoring prominent artists such as conductor Michael Tilson Thomas.
  • 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.