Triple

T23072701

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	The Memorandum	`E575238`	entity
Predicate	character	`P662`	FINISHED
Object	Jan Ballas	`—`	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: Jan Ballas | Statement: [The Memorandum, character, Jan Ballas]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jan Ballas
Context triple: [The Memorandum, character, Jan Ballas]

A. Edward Villella
Edward Villella is an acclaimed American ballet dancer and choreographer, best known as a star principal of the New York City Ballet and a leading interpreter of George Balanchine’s works.
B. James Ballas
James Ballas is a film editor known for his work on the movie "The Shaggy Dog."
C. Janis Krums
Janis Krums is an entrepreneur best known for taking and sharing the iconic first photo of US Airways Flight 1549’s emergency landing on the Hudson River, which became an early landmark moment in citizen journalism on social media.
D. Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mikhail Baryshnikov is a Latvian-American dancer, choreographer, and actor widely regarded as one of the greatest ballet artists of the 20th century.
E. Corky Ballas
Corky Ballas is a renowned American ballroom dancer and coach, best known for training multiple world champions and appearing as a professional on Dancing with the Stars.
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: Jan Ballas
Target entity description: Jan Ballas is a central character in Václav Havel’s satirical play "The Memorandum," known as an ambitious bureaucrat who exploits a new artificial office language to consolidate power within a dehumanizing corporate hierarchy.

A. Edward Villella
Edward Villella is an acclaimed American ballet dancer and choreographer, best known as a star principal of the New York City Ballet and a leading interpreter of George Balanchine’s works.
B. James Ballas
James Ballas is a film editor known for his work on the movie "The Shaggy Dog."
C. Janis Krums
Janis Krums is an entrepreneur best known for taking and sharing the iconic first photo of US Airways Flight 1549’s emergency landing on the Hudson River, which became an early landmark moment in citizen journalism on social media.
D. Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mikhail Baryshnikov is a Latvian-American dancer, choreographer, and actor widely regarded as one of the greatest ballet artists of the 20th century.
E. Corky Ballas
Corky Ballas is a renowned American ballroom dancer and coach, best known for training multiple world champions and appearing as a professional on Dancing with the Stars.
F. None of above. chosen

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_69e245be28d48190ad1348d5a73db37d`	completed	April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69f18c60fa6c81908496f181c7d62033`	completed	April 29, 2026, 4:43 a.m.

Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:56 p.m.