Triple
T2903109
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Inherent Vice |
E62695
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCharacter |
P2308
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Bigfoot Bjornsen
Bigfoot Bjornsen is a hard-nosed, eccentric LAPD detective who serves as both foil and uneasy ally to stoner private investigator Doc Sportello in Thomas Pynchon’s novel *Inherent Vice*.
|
E309705
|
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: Bigfoot Bjornsen | Statement: [Inherent Vice, hasCharacter, Bigfoot Bjornsen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bigfoot Bjornsen Context triple: [Inherent Vice, hasCharacter, Bigfoot Bjornsen]
-
A.
Erik Neander
Erik Neander is a Major League Baseball executive known for leading the Tampa Bay Rays’ front office and overseeing the club’s baseball operations and roster construction.
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B.
Herc Hansen
Herc Hansen is a veteran Jaeger pilot and commanding officer in the "Pacific Rim" universe, known for co-piloting the Australian Mark-5 Jaeger Striker Eureka alongside his son, Chuck.
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C.
Bryan Woods
Bryan Woods is an American screenwriter and filmmaker best known for co-writing the hit horror film "A Quiet Place."
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D.
Erik Jendresen
Erik Jendresen is an American writer and producer best known for his work on the acclaimed World War II miniseries "Band of Brothers."
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E.
Bror
Bror is a given name, notably used as one of the personal names of Swedish musician and ABBA member Benny Andersson.
- 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: Bigfoot Bjornsen Triple: [Inherent Vice, hasCharacter, Bigfoot Bjornsen]
Generated description
Bigfoot Bjornsen is a hard-nosed, eccentric LAPD detective who serves as both foil and uneasy ally to stoner private investigator Doc Sportello in Thomas Pynchon’s novel *Inherent Vice*.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bigfoot Bjornsen Target entity description: Bigfoot Bjornsen is a hard-nosed, eccentric LAPD detective who serves as both foil and uneasy ally to stoner private investigator Doc Sportello in Thomas Pynchon’s novel *Inherent Vice*.
-
A.
Erik Neander
Erik Neander is a Major League Baseball executive known for leading the Tampa Bay Rays’ front office and overseeing the club’s baseball operations and roster construction.
-
B.
Herc Hansen
Herc Hansen is a veteran Jaeger pilot and commanding officer in the "Pacific Rim" universe, known for co-piloting the Australian Mark-5 Jaeger Striker Eureka alongside his son, Chuck.
-
C.
Bryan Woods
Bryan Woods is an American screenwriter and filmmaker best known for co-writing the hit horror film "A Quiet Place."
-
D.
Erik Jendresen
Erik Jendresen is an American writer and producer best known for his work on the acclaimed World War II miniseries "Band of Brothers."
-
E.
Bror
Bror is a given name, notably used as one of the personal names of Swedish musician and ABBA member Benny Andersson.
- 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_69abe0b5546c8190852d9a454e41eee6 |
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.