Triple

T17065654
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco E414079 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object John Helyar
John Helyar is an American journalist and author best known for co-writing the influential business book "Barbarians at the Gate," which chronicles the leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco.
E1248787 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: John Helyar | Statement: [Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco, coAuthor, John Helyar]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Helyar
Context triple: [Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco, coAuthor, John Helyar]
  • A. John Meillon
    John Meillon was an Australian actor best known internationally for his role as Walter Reilly in the "Crocodile Dundee" film series.
  • B. John Dury
    John Dury was a 17th-century Scottish Calvinist minister and ecumenical reformer known for his efforts to promote Protestant unity across Europe.
  • C. Richard Smyth
    Richard Smyth is a personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as religion, politics, and the arts.
  • D. Edward Smyth
    Edward Smyth was an Irish sculptor best known for his neoclassical architectural sculptures and decorative work on prominent Dublin public buildings in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • E. John Ferriter
    John Ferriter was an American television producer and talent agent known for his influential work in late-night TV and reality programming.
  • 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: John Helyar
Triple: [Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco, coAuthor, John Helyar]
Generated description
John Helyar is an American journalist and author best known for co-writing the influential business book "Barbarians at the Gate," which chronicles the leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Helyar
Target entity description: John Helyar is an American journalist and author best known for co-writing the influential business book "Barbarians at the Gate," which chronicles the leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco.
  • A. John Meillon
    John Meillon was an Australian actor best known internationally for his role as Walter Reilly in the "Crocodile Dundee" film series.
  • B. John Dury
    John Dury was a 17th-century Scottish Calvinist minister and ecumenical reformer known for his efforts to promote Protestant unity across Europe.
  • C. Richard Smyth
    Richard Smyth is a personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as religion, politics, and the arts.
  • D. Edward Smyth
    Edward Smyth was an Irish sculptor best known for his neoclassical architectural sculptures and decorative work on prominent Dublin public buildings in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • E. John Ferriter
    John Ferriter was an American television producer and talent agent known for his influential work in late-night TV and reality programming.
  • 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_69d886cde3d481908d4d01ba88ba7eb7 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3db806de48190a9ce68b40fc77a74 completed April 18, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01234e9a94819094618ba43b7d22b4 completed May 11, 2026, 12:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01245aa7ec81909fa20befa29f590c completed May 11, 2026, 12:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a01281c8bf08190a24d77fe6af595f4 completed May 11, 2026, 12:51 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:34 a.m.