Triple
T17209703
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Donald Ray Pollock |
E417691
|
entity |
| Predicate | work |
P12692
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Knockemstiff |
E1255329
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Knockemstiff | Statement: [Donald Ray Pollock, work, Knockemstiff]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Knockemstiff Context triple: [Donald Ray Pollock, work, Knockemstiff]
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A.
Knockemstiff
chosen
Knockemstiff is a gritty, darkly comic collection of interconnected short stories set in a decaying Ohio holler, known for its unflinching portrayal of rural American life.
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B.
Bloody Creek
Bloody Creek is a small waterway in Nova Scotia, Canada, historically notable as the site of early 18th-century conflicts between British and French (and allied Indigenous) forces.
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C.
Searingtown
Searingtown is a small suburban hamlet on Long Island in Nassau County, New York, known for its residential character and proximity to New York City.
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D.
The Town That Was Murdered
The Town That Was Murdered is a 1939 political and social history book by British Labour politician Ellen Wilkinson about the decline and destruction of the shipbuilding town of Jarrow and the wider injustices of interwar unemployment.
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E.
Stump of Jesse
The Stump of Jesse is a Christian symbolic motif representing the humble origins and prophetic lineage of Jesus Christ from Jesse, the father of King David.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d886d779488190b131369541c04e7d |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e42dc4792081909443df7937768ede |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:20 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a01674df2cc8190be602b15d49d38d0 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 5:21 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:38 a.m.