Triple
T20808334
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Philo Vance |
E512227
|
entity |
| Predicate | creator |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object | S. S. Van Dine |
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|
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: S. S. Van Dine | Statement: [Philo Vance, creator, S. S. Van Dine]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: S. S. Van Dine Context triple: [Philo Vance, creator, S. S. Van Dine]
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A.
S. S. Van Dine
chosen
S. S. Van Dine was the pen name of American writer Willard Huntington Wright, best known for his influential Philo Vance detective novels that helped define the Golden Age of detective fiction.
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B.
Rex Stout
Rex Stout was an American mystery writer best known for creating the brilliant, eccentric detective Nero Wolfe in a long-running and influential series of crime novels.
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C.
Ronald Knox
Ronald Knox was an English Catholic priest, theologian, and author known for his influential Bible translation, detective fiction, and role in the Catholic literary revival in early 20th-century Britain.
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D.
John Dickson Carr
John Dickson Carr was an American mystery writer renowned for his ingenious locked-room and impossible-crime detective novels, particularly those featuring Dr. Gideon Fell and Sir Henry Merrivale.
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E.
Freeman Wills Crofts
Freeman Wills Crofts was a prominent early 20th-century Irish mystery writer best known for his meticulously plotted detective novels featuring Inspector Joseph French.
- 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_69e0b4cd25088190b48ca9700cd24efc |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c2d0a2a081908fb0e3d890e87aaf |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:20 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:40 p.m.