Triple

T17505672
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Digerati E426308 entity
Predicate literaryAgentAuthor P127702 FINISHED
Object John H. Brockman — NE NERFINISHED

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: John H. Brockman | Statement: [Digerati, literaryAgentAuthor, John H. Brockman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John H. Brockman
Context triple: [Digerati, literaryAgentAuthor, John H. Brockman]
  • A. John H. Brockman chosen
    John H. Brockman is a literary agent, author, and founder of the Edge Foundation, known for promoting and publishing works at the intersection of science, technology, and culture.
  • B. John Horgan
    John Horgan is an American science journalist and author best known for his critical writings on scientific progress and the philosophy of science.
  • C. Charles W. Scharf
    Charles W. Scharf is an American business executive and banking industry veteran who serves as the chief executive officer of Wells Fargo & Company.
  • D. Michael Talbott
    Michael Talbott is an American actor best known for his role as Detective Stanley Switek on the 1980s television series "Miami Vice."
  • E. John Ziman
    John Ziman was a New Zealand-born British physicist and influential philosopher of science known for his work in condensed matter physics and his writings on the social dimensions of scientific research.
  • 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: literaryAgentAuthor
Context triple: [Digerati, literaryAgentAuthor, John H. Brockman]
  • A. literaryAuthor
    Indicates that one entity is the author or writer of a literary work represented by the other entity.
  • B. workAuthorIs
    Indicates that a specific person or entity is the author or creator of a particular work.
  • C. authorGenre
    Indicates the relationship between an author and the literary genre(s) in which they write or are associated with.
  • D. publishedAuthor
    Indicates that a person is the author of one or more works that have been formally published.
  • E. collectionAuthor
    Indicates that an entity is the creator or compiler responsible for assembling the items in a collection.
  • F. None of above. chosen

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_69d889dd9164819087b1dc3c9240c870 completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e452159c28819084b2cba4313ddf28 completed April 19, 2026, 3:55 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69e3b4f5fbcc8190a6ea9639bf5650da completed April 18, 2026, 4:44 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69e3bbb37d148190b7f38599c06594ee completed April 18, 2026, 5:13 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:48 a.m.