Triple
T15393275
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A Rumor of War |
E368102
|
entity |
| Predicate | authorOfSourceWork |
P2353
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Philip Caputo
Philip Caputo is an American author and journalist best known for his Vietnam War memoir "A Rumor of War," which is considered a classic of war literature.
|
E1155431
|
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: Philip Caputo | Statement: [A Rumor of War, authorOfSourceWork, Philip Caputo]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philip Caputo Context triple: [A Rumor of War, authorOfSourceWork, Philip Caputo]
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A.
George Ball
George Ball was an influential American diplomat and undersecretary of state best known for his early and persistent opposition to escalating U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War.
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B.
George Ball
George Ball is an American actor and singer best known for his work in musical theatre and as the husband and performing partner of songwriter Amanda McBroom.
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C.
John C. Sheehan
John C. Sheehan was an American organic chemist best known for achieving the first complete laboratory synthesis of penicillin.
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D.
Larry Collins
Larry Collins was an American author and journalist best known for his popular historical and political books, many co-written with Dominique Lapierre, including the World War II account "Is Paris Burning?".
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E.
Larry Collins
Larry Collins is an American country musician and songwriter best known as half of the rockabilly duo The Collins Kids and for co-writing the hit song "Delta Dawn."
- 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: Philip Caputo Triple: [A Rumor of War, authorOfSourceWork, Philip Caputo]
Generated description
Philip Caputo is an American author and journalist best known for his Vietnam War memoir "A Rumor of War," which is considered a classic of war literature.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philip Caputo Target entity description: Philip Caputo is an American author and journalist best known for his Vietnam War memoir "A Rumor of War," which is considered a classic of war literature.
-
A.
George Ball
George Ball is an American actor and singer best known for his work in musical theatre and as the husband and performing partner of songwriter Amanda McBroom.
-
B.
George Ball
George Ball was an influential American diplomat and undersecretary of state best known for his early and persistent opposition to escalating U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War.
-
C.
John C. Sheehan
John C. Sheehan was an American organic chemist best known for achieving the first complete laboratory synthesis of penicillin.
-
D.
Larry Collins
Larry Collins was an American author and journalist best known for his popular historical and political books, many co-written with Dominique Lapierre, including the World War II account "Is Paris Burning?".
-
E.
Larry Collins
Larry Collins is an American country musician and songwriter best known as half of the rockabilly duo The Collins Kids and for co-writing the hit song "Delta Dawn."
- 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_69d85a1551a08190ba2caea7cd51c639 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e03e7838b48190862b43c6c8620692 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 1:42 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff1350699c8190acf7830d88455851 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 10:58 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ff17c6837c8190a2b6fa1ac9c3de01 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 11:17 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ff184d63e88190906689e14cfc8933 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 11:19 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:19 a.m.