Triple

T1928998
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Iowa Writers' Workshop E40896 entity
Predicate notableAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Michael Cunningham
Michael Cunningham is an American novelist best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning novel "The Hours," which reimagines Virginia Woolf’s "Mrs. Dalloway."
 E215357 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: Michael Cunningham | Statement: [Iowa Writers' Workshop, notableAlumni, Michael Cunningham]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael Cunningham
Context triple: [Iowa Writers' Workshop, notableAlumni, Michael Cunningham]
  • A. Jennifer Egan
    Jennifer Egan is an American novelist and short story writer best known for her Pulitzer Prize–winning, formally inventive novel "A Visit from the Goon Squad."
  • B. Marilynne Robinson
    Marilynne Robinson is an acclaimed American novelist and essayist known for her deeply reflective, spiritually infused works such as "Housekeeping" and the Gilead series.
  • C. Adam Johnson
    Adam Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his novel "The Orphan Master's Son," which explores life in North Korea.
  • D. Andrea Barrett
    Andrea Barrett is an American novelist and short story writer best known for her historically rich, science-infused fiction, including the National Book Award–winning collection "Ship Fever."
  • E. Diane Johnson
    Diane Johnson is an American novelist and essayist best known for co-writing the screenplay for Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of Stephen King’s "The Shining."
  • 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: Michael Cunningham
Triple: [Iowa Writers' Workshop, notableAlumni, Michael Cunningham]
Generated description
Michael Cunningham is an American novelist best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning novel "The Hours," which reimagines Virginia Woolf’s "Mrs. Dalloway."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael Cunningham
Target entity description: Michael Cunningham is an American novelist best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning novel "The Hours," which reimagines Virginia Woolf’s "Mrs. Dalloway."
  • A. Jennifer Egan
    Jennifer Egan is an American novelist and short story writer best known for her Pulitzer Prize–winning, formally inventive novel "A Visit from the Goon Squad."
  • B. Marilynne Robinson
    Marilynne Robinson is an acclaimed American novelist and essayist known for her deeply reflective, spiritually infused works such as "Housekeeping" and the Gilead series.
  • C. Adam Johnson
    Adam Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his novel "The Orphan Master's Son," which explores life in North Korea.
  • D. Andrea Barrett
    Andrea Barrett is an American novelist and short story writer best known for her historically rich, science-infused fiction, including the National Book Award–winning collection "Ship Fever."
  • E. Diane Johnson
    Diane Johnson is an American novelist and essayist best known for co-writing the screenplay for Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of Stephen King’s "The Shining."
  • 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_69a8864711648190b07bed24ed76258e completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb26593308190835863b760449d04 completed March 7, 2026, 5:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adf3ed31448190a2e5d088ab5886b8 completed March 8, 2026, 10:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adf48412b08190b6ad0f3abf42a081 completed March 8, 2026, 10:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adf4f7c908819089ccdc881af10da9 completed March 8, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:35 p.m.