Triple

T2667904
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ben-Hur E55681 entity
Predicate basedOnAuthor P2806 FINISHED
Object Lew Wallace
Lew Wallace was a 19th-century American Civil War general, lawyer, and author best known for writing the biblical historical novel "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ."
E288329 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: Lew Wallace | Statement: [Ben-Hur, basedOnAuthor, Lew Wallace]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lew Wallace
Context triple: [Ben-Hur, basedOnAuthor, Lew Wallace]
  • A. John Mead Howells
    John Mead Howells was an American architect best known for his influential skyscraper designs in the early 20th century and his role in shaping Chicago’s and New York’s urban skylines.
  • B. G. W. Gale
    G. W. Gale was a 19th-century American clergyman and educator known for founding the city of Richland Center in Wisconsin.
  • C. Thomas Melville
    Thomas Melville was a brother of American novelist Herman Melville, known primarily through his connection to the famous author and the Melville family history.
  • D. Edmund P. Gaines
    Edmund P. Gaines was a prominent U.S. Army officer of the early 19th century, noted for his leadership in frontier conflicts and the War of 1812.
  • E. James M. McPherson
    James M. McPherson is a prominent American Civil War historian and author, best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning book "Battle Cry of Freedom."
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Lew Wallace
Triple: [Ben-Hur, basedOnAuthor, Lew Wallace]
Generated description
Lew Wallace was a 19th-century American Civil War general, lawyer, and author best known for writing the biblical historical novel "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lew Wallace
Target entity description: Lew Wallace was a 19th-century American Civil War general, lawyer, and author best known for writing the biblical historical novel "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ."
  • A. John Mead Howells
    John Mead Howells was an American architect best known for his influential skyscraper designs in the early 20th century and his role in shaping Chicago’s and New York’s urban skylines.
  • B. G. W. Gale
    G. W. Gale was a 19th-century American clergyman and educator known for founding the city of Richland Center in Wisconsin.
  • C. Thomas Melville
    Thomas Melville was a brother of American novelist Herman Melville, known primarily through his connection to the famous author and the Melville family history.
  • D. Edmund P. Gaines
    Edmund P. Gaines was a prominent U.S. Army officer of the early 19th century, noted for his leadership in frontier conflicts and the War of 1812.
  • E. James M. McPherson
    James M. McPherson is a prominent American Civil War historian and author, best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning book "Battle Cry of Freedom."
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69ab49e54de48190be708cd1cf8be073 completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd98a4ee88190aa7ef914e316ba31 completed March 7, 2026, 7:53 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afa05b008881908049751b73e800d0 completed March 10, 2026, 4:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afa21322248190bd472fc7578840fe completed March 10, 2026, 4:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afa286c218819084a525556cb7b3e3 completed March 10, 2026, 4:48 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:54 p.m.