Triple

T15800589
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The New York Trilogy E383086 entity
Predicate notableCharacter P1481 FINISHED
Object Daniel Quinn
Daniel Quinn is the introspective, identity-fractured protagonist of Paul Auster’s postmodern detective novel "City of Glass," the first book in *The New York Trilogy*.
E1176609 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: Daniel Quinn | Statement: [The New York Trilogy, notableCharacter, Daniel Quinn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Daniel Quinn
Context triple: [The New York Trilogy, notableCharacter, Daniel Quinn]
  • A. Daniel Quinn
    Daniel Quinn was an American author best known for his philosophical novel "Ishmael," which explores themes of civilization, sustainability, and humanity's relationship with the natural world.
  • B. Julian May
    Julian May was an American science fiction and fantasy author best known for her sprawling Saga of Pliocene Exile and Galactic Milieu series.
  • C. Brian Hartnett
    Brian Hartnett is a notable individual distinguished enough in his field or public life to be specifically recognized as a bearer of the Hartnett surname.
  • D. Jean M. Auel
    Jean M. Auel is an American author best known for her prehistoric fiction series "Earth's Children," which began with the novel "The Clan of the Cave Bear."
  • E. Erle Galbraith
    Erle Galbraith was the fourth wife of famed American singer and entertainer Al Jolson.
  • 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: Daniel Quinn
Triple: [The New York Trilogy, notableCharacter, Daniel Quinn]
Generated description
Daniel Quinn is the introspective, identity-fractured protagonist of Paul Auster’s postmodern detective novel "City of Glass," the first book in *The New York Trilogy*.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Daniel Quinn
Target entity description: Daniel Quinn is the introspective, identity-fractured protagonist of Paul Auster’s postmodern detective novel "City of Glass," the first book in *The New York Trilogy*.
  • A. Daniel Quinn
    Daniel Quinn was an American author best known for his philosophical novel "Ishmael," which explores themes of civilization, sustainability, and humanity's relationship with the natural world.
  • B. Julian May
    Julian May was an American science fiction and fantasy author best known for her sprawling Saga of Pliocene Exile and Galactic Milieu series.
  • C. Brian Hartnett
    Brian Hartnett is a notable individual distinguished enough in his field or public life to be specifically recognized as a bearer of the Hartnett surname.
  • D. Jean M. Auel
    Jean M. Auel is an American author best known for her prehistoric fiction series "Earth's Children," which began with the novel "The Clan of the Cave Bear."
  • E. Erle Galbraith
    Erle Galbraith was the fourth wife of famed American singer and entertainer Al Jolson.
  • 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_69d86da16e188190b89af699f1ed0bfe completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e0b4e135b08190b736e77bac5e2bff completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff90b2fd148190b3819d7c41505d52 completed May 9, 2026, 7:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff935867d08190955c2d665a761a5e completed May 9, 2026, 8:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff93fc19048190981d8e44ee5222f7 completed May 9, 2026, 8:07 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:48 a.m.