Triple
T16518421
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Down to a Soundless Sea |
E401247
|
entity |
| Predicate | authorRelation |
P115015
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thom Steinbeck is the son of John Steinbeck |
E92272
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Thom Steinbeck is the son of John Steinbeck | Statement: [Down to a Soundless Sea, authorRelation, Thom Steinbeck is the son of John Steinbeck]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thom Steinbeck is the son of John Steinbeck Context triple: [Down to a Soundless Sea, authorRelation, Thom Steinbeck is the son of John Steinbeck]
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A.
Thom Steinbeck
chosen
Thom Steinbeck was an American writer and the son of Nobel Prize–winning author John Steinbeck, known for his own novels and screenwriting work.
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B.
John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck was a prominent 20th-century American novelist best known for his socially conscious works such as "The Grapes of Wrath," "Of Mice and Men," and "East of Eden."
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C.
Tom Joad
Tom Joad is the central, morally driven migrant worker in John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath," symbolizing social justice and the struggles of the American Dust Bowl era.
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D.
A. B. Guthrie Jr.
A. B. Guthrie Jr. was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning Western novel "The Way West" and his contributions to the literature of the American frontier.
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E.
Joad
Joad is the surname of the central Dust Bowl migrant family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: authorRelation Context triple: [Down to a Soundless Sea, authorRelation, Thom Steinbeck is the son of John Steinbeck]
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A.
authorRelationshipToMainSubject
Indicates the nature of the connection or role the author has in relation to the main subject.
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B.
hasAuthorRelationship
Indicates a relationship where one entity serves as the author or creator of another entity (such as a work, document, or resource).
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C.
authorMentionedBy
Indicates that a given author is referenced or cited by another entity (such as a document, work, or person).
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D.
familyAssociationOfAuthor
chosen
Indicates that one entity is a family member or relative associated with the author entity.
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E.
hasAuthorRelationshipToSubject
Indicates that an entity serves as the author or creator of the specified subject.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69d883838abc8190bc79cb2d41733ce2 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e32e7da2248190a540a5ef8686963d |
completed | April 18, 2026, 7:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a006086c0a881908976103f8a144f69 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e296995d388190b88ebe189dce890d |
completed | April 17, 2026, 8:22 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:14 a.m.