Triple

T2151446
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject New York World E47188 entity
Predicate employed P7 FINISHED
Object Irvin S. Cobb
Irvin S. Cobb was an American humorist, author, and journalist known for his witty short stories, columns, and contributions to early 20th-century newspapers and magazines.
E243466 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: Irvin S. Cobb | Statement: [New York World, employed, Irvin S. Cobb]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irvin S. Cobb
Context triple: [New York World, employed, Irvin S. Cobb]
  • A. Robert Benchley
    Robert Benchley was an American humorist, writer, and actor best known for his witty essays, film shorts, and membership in the Algonquin Round Table.
  • B. Cecil Layendecker
    Cecil Layendecker is a relatively obscure individual known primarily by name, with no widely documented public achievements or biographical details.
  • C. Will Rogers
    Will Rogers was a famed early 20th-century American humorist, social commentator, and vaudeville and film star known for his folksy wit and political satire.
  • D. Heywood Broun
    Heywood Broun was an influential American journalist, columnist, and social critic of the early 20th century, known for his progressive views and advocacy for labor and civil liberties.
  • E. H. L. Mencken
    H. L. Mencken was an influential American journalist, essayist, and cultural critic known for his sharp wit, skepticism of religion and democracy, and incisive commentary on American life in the early 20th century.
  • 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: Irvin S. Cobb
Triple: [New York World, employed, Irvin S. Cobb]
Generated description
Irvin S. Cobb was an American humorist, author, and journalist known for his witty short stories, columns, and contributions to early 20th-century newspapers and magazines.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irvin S. Cobb
Target entity description: Irvin S. Cobb was an American humorist, author, and journalist known for his witty short stories, columns, and contributions to early 20th-century newspapers and magazines.
  • A. Robert Benchley
    Robert Benchley was an American humorist, writer, and actor best known for his witty essays, film shorts, and membership in the Algonquin Round Table.
  • B. Cecil Layendecker
    Cecil Layendecker is a relatively obscure individual known primarily by name, with no widely documented public achievements or biographical details.
  • C. Will Rogers
    Will Rogers was a famed early 20th-century American humorist, social commentator, and vaudeville and film star known for his folksy wit and political satire.
  • D. Heywood Broun
    Heywood Broun was an influential American journalist, columnist, and social critic of the early 20th century, known for his progressive views and advocacy for labor and civil liberties.
  • E. H. L. Mencken
    H. L. Mencken was an influential American journalist, essayist, and cultural critic known for his sharp wit, skepticism of religion and democracy, and incisive commentary on American life in the early 20th century.
  • 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_69a88a1933e0819094f18426ed74180f completed March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbe4747a0819080e2234f3ea8995f completed March 7, 2026, 5:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae5d940bec8190998ef88ed44e5811 completed March 9, 2026, 5:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae615a4ccc8190845b952892fe647a completed March 9, 2026, 5:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae61aab87c8190bb81b475f3a038f8 completed March 9, 2026, 5:59 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:44 p.m.