Triple
T17209712
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Donald Ray Pollock |
E417691
|
entity |
| Predicate | influencedBy |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Harry Crews
Harry Crews was an American novelist and short story writer known for his gritty, darkly comic portrayals of Southern rural life and grotesque characters.
|
E1255332
|
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: Harry Crews | Statement: [Donald Ray Pollock, influencedBy, Harry Crews]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harry Crews Context triple: [Donald Ray Pollock, influencedBy, Harry Crews]
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A.
Donald Windham
Donald Windham was an American novelist and memoirist known for his close association with writers like Tennessee Williams and for whose legacy the Windham–Campbell Literature Prize was established.
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B.
Jim Harrison
Jim Harrison was an American author and poet best known for his novella "Legends of the Fall" and his vivid, nature-infused depictions of rural American life.
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C.
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Walter Van Tilburg Clark was an American author best known for his classic Western novel "The Ox-Bow Incident," which explores themes of mob justice and moral responsibility.
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D.
James Sallis
James Sallis is an American crime and science fiction writer best known for his neo-noir novel "Drive," which was adapted into the 2011 film of the same name.
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E.
W. W. Graham
W. W. Graham was a 19th-century British mountaineer known for pioneering ascents in the Alps and Himalayas, including several previously unclimbed peaks.
- 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: Harry Crews Triple: [Donald Ray Pollock, influencedBy, Harry Crews]
Generated description
Harry Crews was an American novelist and short story writer known for his gritty, darkly comic portrayals of Southern rural life and grotesque characters.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harry Crews Target entity description: Harry Crews was an American novelist and short story writer known for his gritty, darkly comic portrayals of Southern rural life and grotesque characters.
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A.
Donald Windham
Donald Windham was an American novelist and memoirist known for his close association with writers like Tennessee Williams and for whose legacy the Windham–Campbell Literature Prize was established.
-
B.
Jim Harrison
Jim Harrison was an American author and poet best known for his novella "Legends of the Fall" and his vivid, nature-infused depictions of rural American life.
-
C.
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Walter Van Tilburg Clark was an American author best known for his classic Western novel "The Ox-Bow Incident," which explores themes of mob justice and moral responsibility.
-
D.
James Sallis
James Sallis is an American crime and science fiction writer best known for his neo-noir novel "Drive," which was adapted into the 2011 film of the same name.
-
E.
W. W. Graham
W. W. Graham was a 19th-century British mountaineer known for pioneering ascents in the Alps and Himalayas, including several previously unclimbed peaks.
- 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_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_6a015fe217308190b6ae1e98d0c421e4 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 4:49 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0160e95f1481908058aed285968991 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 4:54 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a01617888ac8190af2a91a4bd28b402 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 4:56 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:38 a.m.