Triple
T16798786
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Slate |
E408299
|
entity |
| Predicate | previousEditorInChief |
P18307
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David Plotz
David Plotz is an American journalist and author best known for his long tenure at the online magazine Slate and for co-hosting the political podcast "Slate Political Gabfest."
|
E1233853
|
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: David Plotz | Statement: [Slate, previousEditorInChief, David Plotz]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Plotz Context triple: [Slate, previousEditorInChief, David Plotz]
-
A.
Ron Powers
Ron Powers is an American author and journalist known for his works of nonfiction, including co-authoring the World War II history book "Flags of Our Fathers."
-
B.
Brennan Huff
Brennan Huff is the immature, unemployed man-child portrayed by Will Ferrell in the comedy film "Step Brothers."
-
C.
Alex Hutchinson
Alex Hutchinson is a video game designer and creative director best known for leading major titles at Ubisoft, including work on the Assassin’s Creed series.
-
D.
Scott Alexander
Scott Alexander is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing biographical films such as "Ed Wood," "The People vs. Larry Flynt," and "Man on the Moon."
-
E.
Scott Alexander
Scott Alexander is the pen name of an American psychiatrist and influential blogger best known for his long-form essays on psychology, rationality, politics, and culture on the blogs Slate Star Codex and Astral Codex Ten.
- 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: David Plotz Triple: [Slate, previousEditorInChief, David Plotz]
Generated description
David Plotz is an American journalist and author best known for his long tenure at the online magazine Slate and for co-hosting the political podcast "Slate Political Gabfest."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Plotz Target entity description: David Plotz is an American journalist and author best known for his long tenure at the online magazine Slate and for co-hosting the political podcast "Slate Political Gabfest."
-
A.
Ron Powers
Ron Powers is an American author and journalist known for his works of nonfiction, including co-authoring the World War II history book "Flags of Our Fathers."
-
B.
Brennan Huff
Brennan Huff is the immature, unemployed man-child portrayed by Will Ferrell in the comedy film "Step Brothers."
-
C.
Alex Hutchinson
Alex Hutchinson is a video game designer and creative director best known for leading major titles at Ubisoft, including work on the Assassin’s Creed series.
-
D.
Scott Alexander
Scott Alexander is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing biographical films such as "Ed Wood," "The People vs. Larry Flynt," and "Man on the Moon."
-
E.
Scott Alexander
Scott Alexander is the pen name of an American psychiatrist and influential blogger best known for his long-form essays on psychology, rationality, politics, and culture on the blogs Slate Star Codex and Astral Codex Ten.
- 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_69d88393905081908d00a86b99996ac8 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3b2abc430819080c1303eded5f416 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 4:34 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00ab1299ac81908e9f1eebc3424bb9 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 3:58 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00ac2ab65c819091d22cf52f16ef94 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:02 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00ac9a854881909624d52db76fbb57 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:04 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:22 a.m.