Triple
T23196242
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | American Tabloid |
E579875
|
entity |
| Predicate | protagonist |
P268
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Kemper Boyd |
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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: Kemper Boyd | Statement: [American Tabloid, protagonist, Kemper Boyd]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kemper Boyd Context triple: [American Tabloid, protagonist, Kemper Boyd]
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A.
Boyd Tinsley
Boyd Tinsley is an American violinist and composer best known as a longtime member of the Dave Matthews Band.
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B.
Boyd Parham
Boyd Parham is a central character in Cormac McCarthy’s novel "The Crossing," depicted as a young cowboy whose journeys across the U.S.–Mexico border confront him with loss, violence, and existential uncertainty.
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C.
Mahlon Dickerson
Mahlon Dickerson was a 19th-century American politician who served as Governor of New Jersey, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of the Navy.
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D.
John Brasfield
John Brasfield is the stepchild of American comedian and actor Jack Carter.
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E.
Burley Mitchell
Burley Mitchell is a former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court and a prominent American jurist.
- 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: Kemper Boyd Target entity description: Kemper Boyd is a central fictional character in James Ellroy’s crime novel "American Tabloid," depicted as a morally ambiguous operative entangled in the dark underbelly of U.S. politics and organized crime.
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A.
Boyd Tinsley
Boyd Tinsley is an American violinist and composer best known as a longtime member of the Dave Matthews Band.
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B.
Boyd Parham
Boyd Parham is a central character in Cormac McCarthy’s novel "The Crossing," depicted as a young cowboy whose journeys across the U.S.–Mexico border confront him with loss, violence, and existential uncertainty.
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C.
Mahlon Dickerson
Mahlon Dickerson was a 19th-century American politician who served as Governor of New Jersey, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of the Navy.
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D.
John Brasfield
John Brasfield is the stepchild of American comedian and actor Jack Carter.
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E.
Burley Mitchell
Burley Mitchell is a former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court and a prominent American jurist.
- 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_69e24600eed08190bd7e5295653a1503 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f18fdb279c81908dcc46f2786a86cd |
completed | April 29, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:06 p.m.