Triple
T22040767
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The American Language |
E544631
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Henry Louis Mencken |
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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: Henry Louis Mencken | Statement: [The American Language, author, Henry Louis Mencken]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Louis Mencken Context triple: [The American Language, author, Henry Louis Mencken]
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A.
H. L. Mencken
chosen
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.
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B.
Wilhelmine Mencken
Wilhelmine Mencken was a German woman of the early 19th century best known as the mother of statesman Otto von Bismarck.
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C.
Philip Leacock
Philip Leacock was a British film and television director known for his sensitive, character-driven dramas and war films during the mid-20th century.
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D.
John Lardner
John Lardner was an American sportswriter and journalist known for his witty, insightful columns and essays in publications such as The New Yorker during the mid-20th century.
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E.
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.
- 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_69e11e32445c8190ab97089b48a130bb |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f12828fc788190a22c0e9c2372656b |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:35 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:25 p.m.