Triple
T17692709
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mildred Pierce (novel) |
E441073
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | James M. Cain |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: James M. Cain | Statement: [Mildred Pierce (novel), author, James M. Cain]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James M. Cain Context triple: [Mildred Pierce (novel), author, James M. Cain]
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A.
James M. Cain
chosen
James M. Cain was an American novelist and journalist best known for his hardboiled crime fiction, including classics like "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and "Double Indemnity."
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B.
Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw was an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist best known for works such as "The Young Lions" and "Rich Man, Poor Man."
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C.
Ross Macdonald
Ross Macdonald was an American-Canadian crime writer best known for his hardboiled Lew Archer detective novels, which helped elevate the psychological depth and literary status of mid-20th-century mystery fiction.
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D.
Cornell Woolrich
Cornell Woolrich was an American crime and suspense writer, often called the "father of noir fiction," whose dark, psychologically driven stories inspired numerous classic films.
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E.
Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett was an American author and former detective best known for pioneering the hard-boiled crime genre with works such as "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8b9e940b081908b862bb0e6e89b0d |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e47153a5c8819095c36fd414167fb1 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 6:08 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:03 a.m.