Triple

T1929000
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Iowa Writers' Workshop E40896 entity
Predicate notableAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett is an acclaimed American novelist and essayist known for works such as "Bel Canto" and "The Dutch House," celebrated for her nuanced character studies and elegant prose.
 E222271 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: Ann Patchett | Statement: [Iowa Writers' Workshop, notableAlumni, Ann Patchett]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ann Patchett
Context triple: [Iowa Writers' Workshop, notableAlumni, Ann Patchett]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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."
  • C. 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."
  • D. 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."
  • E. Jodi Picoult
    Jodi Picoult is a bestselling American author known for her emotionally charged novels that tackle complex moral and social issues.
  • 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: Ann Patchett
Triple: [Iowa Writers' Workshop, notableAlumni, Ann Patchett]
Generated description
Ann Patchett is an acclaimed American novelist and essayist known for works such as "Bel Canto" and "The Dutch House," celebrated for her nuanced character studies and elegant prose.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ann Patchett
Target entity description: Ann Patchett is an acclaimed American novelist and essayist known for works such as "Bel Canto" and "The Dutch House," celebrated for her nuanced character studies and elegant prose.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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."
  • C. 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."
  • D. 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."
  • E. Jodi Picoult
    Jodi Picoult is a bestselling American author known for her emotionally charged novels that tackle complex moral and social issues.
  • 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_69ae0313474481908df719974c3ebe20 completed March 8, 2026, 11:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae03b41dcc81909b4439006bdffc64 completed March 8, 2026, 11:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae044314188190a7472cf5f8e89f6c completed March 8, 2026, 11:20 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:35 p.m.