Triple
T20471947
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Benjamin Black |
E502214
|
entity |
| Predicate | realName |
P9233
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Banville |
—
|
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: John Banville | Statement: [Benjamin Black, realName, John Banville]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Banville Context triple: [Benjamin Black, realName, John Banville]
-
A.
John Banville
chosen
John Banville is an acclaimed Irish novelist and screenwriter renowned for his stylistically rich, intellectually intricate fiction, including works such as "The Sea" and the Quirke crime series written under the pen name Benjamin Black.
-
B.
William Trevor
William Trevor was an acclaimed Irish novelist and short story writer renowned for his subtle, compassionate portrayals of ordinary lives and complex moral situations.
-
C.
John Fowles
John Fowles was an English novelist best known for works such as "The Collector," "The Magus," and "The French Lieutenant's Woman," which blend psychological depth with metafictional and philosophical themes.
-
D.
Stephen Donoghue
Stephen Donoghue is a literary critic and book reviewer known for his prolific online reviews and commentary on contemporary and classic literature.
-
E.
Laurence McKeown
Laurence McKeown is an Irish former Provisional IRA member, writer, and academic who became known for his participation in the 1981 Maze Prison hunger strike and later work on conflict, memory, and reconciliation.
- 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_69e0b4ae5f1081908768b0c9a3a0bf38 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6996197908190b6570e2a7fd6cf67 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 9:23 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:33 a.m.