Triple

T1799592
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Caves of Steel E39683 entity
Predicate coverArtistFirstEdition P32033 FINISHED
Object Mel Hunter
Mel Hunter was an American illustrator and artist best known for his science fiction book and magazine covers in the mid-20th century.
E285664 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Mel Hunter | Statement: [The Caves of Steel, coverArtistFirstEdition, Mel Hunter]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mel Hunter
Context triple: [The Caves of Steel, coverArtistFirstEdition, Mel Hunter]
  • A. Frank Hunter
    Frank Hunter is a central character in Terence Rattigan’s play *The Browning Version*, a young schoolmaster whose affair with the headmaster’s wife exposes the emotional and moral tensions at the heart of the story.
  • B. Phil Sellers
    Phil Sellers was a standout forward for Rutgers University in the 1970s who became the program’s all-time leading scorer and led the team to the 1976 Final Four.
  • C. Ken Ralston
    Ken Ralston is an acclaimed visual effects supervisor known for his groundbreaking work on major films such as the Star Wars and Back to the Future series.
  • D. Len Garry
    Len Garry is a British musician best known as the original tea-chest bass player in The Quarrymen, the skiffle group that evolved into The Beatles.
  • E. Keith Merryman
    Keith Merryman is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing popular romantic comedies such as "Think Like a Man" and its sequel.
  • 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: Mel Hunter
Triple: [The Caves of Steel, coverArtistFirstEdition, Mel Hunter]
Generated description
Mel Hunter was an American illustrator and artist best known for his science fiction book and magazine covers in the mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mel Hunter
Target entity description: Mel Hunter was an American illustrator and artist best known for his science fiction book and magazine covers in the mid-20th century.
  • A. Frank Hunter
    Frank Hunter is a central character in Terence Rattigan’s play *The Browning Version*, a young schoolmaster whose affair with the headmaster’s wife exposes the emotional and moral tensions at the heart of the story.
  • B. Phil Sellers
    Phil Sellers was a standout forward for Rutgers University in the 1970s who became the program’s all-time leading scorer and led the team to the 1976 Final Four.
  • C. Ken Ralston
    Ken Ralston is an acclaimed visual effects supervisor known for his groundbreaking work on major films such as the Star Wars and Back to the Future series.
  • D. Len Garry
    Len Garry is a British musician best known as the original tea-chest bass player in The Quarrymen, the skiffle group that evolved into The Beatles.
  • E. Keith Merryman
    Keith Merryman is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing popular romantic comedies such as "Think Like a Man" and its sequel.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: coverArtistFirstEdition
Context triple: [The Caves of Steel, coverArtistFirstEdition, Mel Hunter]
  • A. firstEditionType
    Indicates that an entity is classified as a first edition of a work, specifying the type or category of that first edition.
  • B. coverArtText
    Indicates that the text element is part of, or associated with, the cover art of a work.
  • C. firstEditionFocus
    Indicates that the primary emphasis or subject of something is its first edition.
  • D. firstEditionResult
    Indicates that one entity is the outcome, record, or result associated specifically with the first edition of another entity.
  • E. coverArtDepicts
    Indicates that the subject cover art visually represents, portrays, or includes the object within its imagery.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69a88632aa588190ba3978fde0db5bbd completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ab61b6ea188190aab9fb839bf1e367 completed March 6, 2026, 11:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af989789308190bb124c2c1706b68c completed March 10, 2026, 4:05 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af99416924819099d4acb1a2d60e0c completed March 10, 2026, 4:08 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af99adadb08190a44f2286b25bf0aa completed March 10, 2026, 4:10 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69aa61d2f7a8819090301f92d3e358c7 completed March 6, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69ab61b5c8988190bb2b46182a4eb5b4 completed March 6, 2026, 11:22 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.