Triple
T23318632
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Demon Seed |
E590783
|
entity |
| Predicate | authorOfSourceWork |
P2353
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Dean Koontz |
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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: Dean Koontz | Statement: [Demon Seed, authorOfSourceWork, Dean Koontz]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dean Koontz Context triple: [Demon Seed, authorOfSourceWork, Dean Koontz]
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A.
Dean Koontz
chosen
Dean Koontz is a bestselling American author known for his suspenseful thrillers that blend horror, mystery, and science fiction elements.
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B.
Rex Koontz
Rex Koontz is an art historian and scholar specializing in ancient Mesoamerican art and archaeology, known for his collaborative work on influential studies of pre-Columbian cultures.
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C.
David Koontz
David Koontz is known as the husband of author and actress Christina Crawford, who wrote the memoir "Mommie Dearest."
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D.
Whitley Strieber
Whitley Strieber is an American author best known for his horror and speculative fiction novels, as well as his influential nonfiction work on alleged alien abductions.
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E.
James T. Patterson
James T. Patterson is an American historian known for his influential works on modern United States history, including a major volume in the Oxford History of the United States series.
- 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_69e25d1d32188190948eb76909d1dcc3 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 4:17 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1978372948190bad066893c4e0768 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 5:30 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:07 p.m.