Triple
T21943594
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Billy Lynn |
E541880
|
entity |
| Predicate | createdBy |
P806
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ben Fountain |
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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: Ben Fountain | Statement: [Billy Lynn, createdBy, Ben Fountain]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Fountain Context triple: [Billy Lynn, createdBy, Ben Fountain]
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A.
Ben Fountain
chosen
Ben Fountain is an American author best known for his acclaimed novel "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk," a satirical exploration of war, media, and American culture.
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B.
Percival Everett
Percival Everett is an acclaimed American novelist and academic known for his genre-defying, satirical, and philosophically rich works that often explore race, identity, and the absurdities of American culture.
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C.
T.C. Boyle
T.C. Boyle is an American novelist and short story writer known for his darkly comic, stylistically inventive fiction and exploration of social and environmental themes.
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D.
Blake Tarr
Blake Tarr is a character in the comic strip and film "Friday Foster," typically portrayed as a wealthy, influential figure involved in the story’s central intrigue.
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E.
J. C. Boyle
J. C. Boyle was an individual significant enough in regional or engineering history to have the J.C. Boyle Dam named in his honor.
- 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_69e0c47e2e5c81909a7f74ce3de50911 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:14 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1242515ec8190b015bf8c7b13be85 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:18 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 7:56 p.m.