Triple
T20663655
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lawrence Block |
E507824
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableSeries |
P3199
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Matthew Scudder |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Matthew Scudder | Statement: [Lawrence Block, notableSeries, Matthew Scudder]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matthew Scudder Context triple: [Lawrence Block, notableSeries, Matthew Scudder]
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A.
M. T. Scudder
M. T. Scudder is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Scudder.
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B.
Ed McBain
Ed McBain was the pen name of American author Evan Hunter, best known for his influential 87th Precinct police procedural novels and his significant impact on modern crime fiction.
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C.
Harry Caul
Harry Caul is a reclusive, morally conflicted surveillance expert whose obsessive dedication to privacy and professional detachment drives the psychological tension in the film.
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D.
Philip Marlow
Philip Marlow is the fictional, psychologically complex mystery writer and patient at the center of Dennis Potter’s television serial "The Singing Detective," where his hallucinations and noir fantasies intertwine with his real-life illness.
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E.
Harry Block
Harry Block is the neurotic, self-absorbed writer protagonist of Woody Allen’s film "Deconstructing Harry," whose chaotic personal life fuels his fiction.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matthew Scudder Target entity description: Matthew Scudder is a fictional ex-cop turned unlicensed private investigator in New York City, best known as the hard-boiled protagonist of Lawrence Block’s long-running crime novel series.
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A.
M. T. Scudder
chosen
M. T. Scudder is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Scudder.
-
B.
Ed McBain
Ed McBain was the pen name of American author Evan Hunter, best known for his influential 87th Precinct police procedural novels and his significant impact on modern crime fiction.
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C.
Harry Caul
Harry Caul is a reclusive, morally conflicted surveillance expert whose obsessive dedication to privacy and professional detachment drives the psychological tension in the film.
-
D.
Philip Marlow
Philip Marlow is the fictional, psychologically complex mystery writer and patient at the center of Dennis Potter’s television serial "The Singing Detective," where his hallucinations and noir fantasies intertwine with his real-life illness.
-
E.
Harry Block
Harry Block is the neurotic, self-absorbed writer protagonist of Woody Allen’s film "Deconstructing Harry," whose chaotic personal life fuels his fiction.
- F. None of above.
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_69e0b4c059bc81908ea762cd73ea4424 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6b2f4872481908858eb88ce89dd47 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 11:12 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:44 a.m.