Triple

T1597431
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Perfect Storm E34315 entity
Predicate authorOfSourceMaterial P2806 FINISHED
Object Sebastian Junger
Sebastian Junger is an American journalist, author, and filmmaker known for his narrative nonfiction works on war, danger, and human resilience.
E181603 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: Sebastian Junger | Statement: [The Perfect Storm, authorOfSourceMaterial, Sebastian Junger]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sebastian Junger
Context triple: [The Perfect Storm, authorOfSourceMaterial, Sebastian Junger]
  • A. Tracy Kidder
    Tracy Kidder is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his narrative nonfiction works such as "The Soul of a New Machine" and "Mountains Beyond Mountains."
  • B. Lawrence Wright
    Lawrence Wright is an American journalist, author, and screenwriter best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative nonfiction works on topics such as terrorism and Scientology.
  • C. David Grann
    David Grann is an American journalist and bestselling author known for his meticulously researched narrative nonfiction works such as "The Lost City of Z" and "Killers of the Flower Moon."
  • D. William T. Vollmann
    William T. Vollmann is an American novelist, journalist, and essayist known for his ambitious, genre-blurring works that often explore violence, marginalization, and the moral complexities of history and contemporary society.
  • E. Jonathan Mann
    Jonathan Mann was an American physician and public health pioneer renowned for his leadership in the global HIV/AIDS response and his advocacy linking health with human rights.
  • 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: Sebastian Junger
Triple: [The Perfect Storm, authorOfSourceMaterial, Sebastian Junger]
Generated description
Sebastian Junger is an American journalist, author, and filmmaker known for his narrative nonfiction works on war, danger, and human resilience.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sebastian Junger
Target entity description: Sebastian Junger is an American journalist, author, and filmmaker known for his narrative nonfiction works on war, danger, and human resilience.
  • A. Tracy Kidder
    Tracy Kidder is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his narrative nonfiction works such as "The Soul of a New Machine" and "Mountains Beyond Mountains."
  • B. Lawrence Wright
    Lawrence Wright is an American journalist, author, and screenwriter best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative nonfiction works on topics such as terrorism and Scientology.
  • C. David Grann
    David Grann is an American journalist and bestselling author known for his meticulously researched narrative nonfiction works such as "The Lost City of Z" and "Killers of the Flower Moon."
  • D. Doug Roberts
    Doug Roberts is a former professional ice hockey player best known for his time in the NHL during the late 1960s and 1970s.
  • E. William T. Vollmann
    William T. Vollmann is an American novelist, journalist, and essayist known for his ambitious, genre-blurring works that often explore violence, marginalization, and the moral complexities of history and contemporary society.
  • 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_69a885fdcb9c819081ce6f0b8cd477dd completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a9092f5f148190b987bc943e89e29c completed March 5, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad46a848ec819085c82be8eaea2044 completed March 8, 2026, 9:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad4841d278819085507528faeaae3e completed March 8, 2026, 9:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad48ff11d881909fd6e9e40d5f1f38 completed March 8, 2026, 10:01 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.