Triple
T23423342
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Signal and the Noise |
E560723
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entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object | Nathaniel Read Silver |
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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: Nathaniel Read Silver | Statement: [The Signal and the Noise, author, Nathaniel Read Silver]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nathaniel Read Silver Context triple: [The Signal and the Noise, author, Nathaniel Read Silver]
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A.
Nathaniel Read Silver
chosen
Nathaniel Read Silver is an American statistician, writer, and founder of the data journalism website FiveThirtyEight, known for his influential election forecasting and analysis.
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B.
Nathaniel Motte
Nathaniel Motte is an American musician, producer, and member of the electronic music duo 3OH!3.
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C.
Samuel Dracott
Samuel Dracott is an individual whose name appears in records with the variant spelling "Samuel Dracutt."
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D.
Nathaniel Parker
Nathaniel Parker is an English actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in adaptations of classic literature and popular detective dramas.
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E.
Nathaniel Hubbard
Nathaniel Hubbard is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably recorded as a bearer of the Hubbard surname.
- 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_69e2454cb1108190ab21ada5411a7146 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1a54780d88190a7d5c1426b85b7fc |
completed | April 29, 2026, 6:29 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:47 p.m.