Triple

T2952944
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Samaritan E79862 entity
Predicate author P4 FINISHED
Object Thomas Hoover
Thomas Hoover is an American novelist best known for his historical and techno-thriller works, including titles like "Samaritan."
E315098 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: Thomas Hoover | Statement: [Samaritan, author, Thomas Hoover]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Hoover
Context triple: [Samaritan, author, Thomas Hoover]
  • A. Thomas Hoover
    Thomas Hoover is an American novelist best known for his historical fiction works, including the epic novel "The Moghul."
  • B. Stanley Hoover
    Stanley Hoover is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the Hoover name, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
  • C. William Tilden Blodgett
    William Tilden Blodgett was a 19th-century American art collector and civic leader who played a key role in establishing New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • D. Ike Hoover
    Ike Hoover was a long-serving White House staff member who became Chief Usher and oversaw household operations for multiple U.S. presidents in the early 20th century.
  • E. Herbert Hoover Jr.
    Herbert Hoover Jr. was an American engineer, businessman, and diplomat who served as U.S. Under Secretary of State during the Eisenhower administration.
  • 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: Thomas Hoover
Triple: [Samaritan, author, Thomas Hoover]
Generated description
Thomas Hoover is an American novelist best known for his historical and techno-thriller works, including titles like "Samaritan."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Hoover
Target entity description: Thomas Hoover is an American novelist best known for his historical and techno-thriller works, including titles like "Samaritan."
  • A. Thomas Hoover chosen
    Thomas Hoover is an American novelist best known for his historical fiction works, including the epic novel "The Moghul."
  • B. Stanley Hoover
    Stanley Hoover is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the Hoover name, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
  • C. William Tilden Blodgett
    William Tilden Blodgett was a 19th-century American art collector and civic leader who played a key role in establishing New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • D. Ike Hoover
    Ike Hoover was a long-serving White House staff member who became Chief Usher and oversaw household operations for multiple U.S. presidents in the early 20th century.
  • E. Herbert Hoover Jr.
    Herbert Hoover Jr. was an American engineer, businessman, and diplomat who served as U.S. Under Secretary of State during the Eisenhower administration.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ad8b1276588190a374a0b12e0f7bdf completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad98fe4b688190a0f68c4f80cd6f8f completed March 8, 2026, 3:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b108dae9ac8190b72faf84e75a60c7 completed March 11, 2026, 6:16 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b1094328ec81909bb5ebf1def53637 completed March 11, 2026, 6:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b109cb6f208190b465b4bcbba2acd3 completed March 11, 2026, 6:20 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:57 p.m.