Triple

T16248580
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Evan Hunter E394438 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Salvatore Albert Lombino
Salvatore Albert Lombino, better known by his pen name Evan Hunter, was an American author famed for his crime fiction and screenwriting, including the novel "The Blackboard Jungle" and numerous works as Ed McBain.
E1218594 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: Salvatore Albert Lombino | Statement: [Evan Hunter, birthName, Salvatore Albert Lombino]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Salvatore Albert Lombino
Context triple: [Evan Hunter, birthName, Salvatore Albert Lombino]
  • A. Giuseppe Colangelo
    Giuseppe Colangelo is a film editor best known for his work on classic Italian cinema, including Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Western "For a Few Dollars More."
  • B. Salvatore Cantalupo
    Salvatore Cantalupo was an Italian actor known for his character roles in contemporary Italian cinema and television.
  • C. Salvatore Villani
    Salvatore Villani is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a distinguished bearer of the surname Villani.
  • D. Giuseppe Ferrandino
    Giuseppe Ferrandino is an Italian writer and comic-book scriptwriter known for his gritty, noir-influenced crime novels.
  • E. Salvatore Di Giacomo
    Salvatore Di Giacomo was an Italian poet, playwright, and songwriter from Naples, renowned for his influential contributions to Neapolitan literature and song.
  • 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: Salvatore Albert Lombino
Triple: [Evan Hunter, birthName, Salvatore Albert Lombino]
Generated description
Salvatore Albert Lombino, better known by his pen name Evan Hunter, was an American author famed for his crime fiction and screenwriting, including the novel "The Blackboard Jungle" and numerous works as Ed McBain.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Salvatore Albert Lombino
Target entity description: Salvatore Albert Lombino, better known by his pen name Evan Hunter, was an American author famed for his crime fiction and screenwriting, including the novel "The Blackboard Jungle" and numerous works as Ed McBain.
  • A. Giuseppe Colangelo
    Giuseppe Colangelo is a film editor best known for his work on classic Italian cinema, including Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Western "For a Few Dollars More."
  • B. Salvatore Cantalupo
    Salvatore Cantalupo was an Italian actor known for his character roles in contemporary Italian cinema and television.
  • C. Salvatore Villani
    Salvatore Villani is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a distinguished bearer of the surname Villani.
  • D. Giuseppe Ferrandino
    Giuseppe Ferrandino is an Italian writer and comic-book scriptwriter known for his gritty, noir-influenced crime novels.
  • E. Salvatore Di Giacomo
    Salvatore Di Giacomo was an Italian poet, playwright, and songwriter from Naples, renowned for his influential contributions to Neapolitan literature and song.
  • 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_69d87f2171208190951025e526947816 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e24594f23c8190bd59fcb2585cb5e3 completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00606d1b00819082f1a6084875d9de completed May 10, 2026, 10:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0061f313cc819099b86ec11e3c794f completed May 10, 2026, 10:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0062665d908190b8127b21edcad30e completed May 10, 2026, 10:48 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:04 a.m.