Triple

T2902460
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dharma Bums E62683 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Ray Smith
Ray Smith is the semi-autobiographical narrator and spiritual seeker in Jack Kerouac’s novel "The Dharma Bums," embodying the author’s explorations of Buddhism, nature, and Beat Generation ideals.
 E309637 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: Ray Smith | Statement: [Dharma Bums, mainCharacter, Ray Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ray Smith
Context triple: [Dharma Bums, mainCharacter, Ray Smith]
  • A. Luke Smith
    Luke Smith is a genetically engineered, highly intelligent teenage boy who becomes the adopted son and companion of former Doctor Who companion Sarah Jane Smith in the Doctor Who spin-off series "The Sarah Jane Adventures."
  • B. Dan Osborn
    Dan Osborn is a music industry figure best known as a founder of the independent record label Drag City.
  • C. Jack Mullaney
    Jack Mullaney was an American character actor known for his comedic roles in mid-20th-century film and television.
  • D. Stephen Edward Smith
    Stephen Edward Smith was an American lawyer, political strategist, and businessman closely associated with the Kennedy family through both marriage and his work on their political campaigns.
  • E. Charles Hudson
    Charles Hudson was a 19th-century British mountaineer and Anglican clergyman known for his pioneering ascents in the Alps.
  • 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: Ray Smith
Triple: [Dharma Bums, mainCharacter, Ray Smith]
Generated description
Ray Smith is the semi-autobiographical narrator and spiritual seeker in Jack Kerouac’s novel "The Dharma Bums," embodying the author’s explorations of Buddhism, nature, and Beat Generation ideals.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ray Smith
Target entity description: Ray Smith is the semi-autobiographical narrator and spiritual seeker in Jack Kerouac’s novel "The Dharma Bums," embodying the author’s explorations of Buddhism, nature, and Beat Generation ideals.
  • A. Luke Smith
    Luke Smith is a genetically engineered, highly intelligent teenage boy who becomes the adopted son and companion of former Doctor Who companion Sarah Jane Smith in the Doctor Who spin-off series "The Sarah Jane Adventures."
  • B. Dan Osborn
    Dan Osborn is a music industry figure best known as a founder of the independent record label Drag City.
  • C. Jack Mullaney
    Jack Mullaney was an American character actor known for his comedic roles in mid-20th-century film and television.
  • D. Stephen Edward Smith
    Stephen Edward Smith was an American lawyer, political strategist, and businessman closely associated with the Kennedy family through both marriage and his work on their political campaigns.
  • E. Charles Hudson
    Charles Hudson was a 19th-century British mountaineer and Anglican clergyman known for his pioneering ascents in the Alps.
  • 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_69ab4c3e070c8190b78d3d2c005876dd completed March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abe0b3d20881908cd4f1b465b504af completed March 7, 2026, 8:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b0560885688190b5bb51f40d555c4d completed March 10, 2026, 5:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0638095b48190b3d7afa5eeef3e7a completed March 10, 2026, 6:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b063edf4ac8190bbcd430c8b584c95 completed March 10, 2026, 6:33 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:10 p.m.