Triple

T3341912
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Less Than Zero E70277 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Clay Easton
Clay Easton is the disaffected, wealthy young protagonist of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel "Less Than Zero," whose detached perspective captures the moral emptiness of 1980s Los Angeles youth culture.
 E349911 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: Clay Easton | Statement: [Less Than Zero, character, Clay Easton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Clay Easton
Context triple: [Less Than Zero, character, Clay Easton]
  • A. Lee Eastman
    Lee Eastman was an American entertainment lawyer best known for representing and advising Paul McCartney and other prominent musicians.
  • B. Sam O'Steen
    Sam O'Steen was an acclaimed American film editor best known for his work on influential films such as "The Graduate," "Chinatown," and "Cool Hand Luke."
  • C. Tony Gayton
    Tony Gayton is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-creating the Western television drama series "Hell on Wheels."
  • D. Michael Penn
    Michael Penn is an American singer-songwriter and composer known for his work on film scores and his 1989 hit single "No Myth."
  • E. Keith Crouch
    Keith Crouch is an American R&B songwriter and record producer best known for his work on Brandy’s early hits and other 1990s soul and gospel projects.
  • 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: Clay Easton
Triple: [Less Than Zero, character, Clay Easton]
Generated description
Clay Easton is the disaffected, wealthy young protagonist of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel "Less Than Zero," whose detached perspective captures the moral emptiness of 1980s Los Angeles youth culture.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Clay Easton
Target entity description: Clay Easton is the disaffected, wealthy young protagonist of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel "Less Than Zero," whose detached perspective captures the moral emptiness of 1980s Los Angeles youth culture.
  • A. Lee Eastman
    Lee Eastman was an American entertainment lawyer best known for representing and advising Paul McCartney and other prominent musicians.
  • B. Sam O'Steen
    Sam O'Steen was an acclaimed American film editor best known for his work on influential films such as "The Graduate," "Chinatown," and "Cool Hand Luke."
  • C. Tony Gayton
    Tony Gayton is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-creating the Western television drama series "Hell on Wheels."
  • D. Michael Penn
    Michael Penn is an American singer-songwriter and composer known for his work on film scores and his 1989 hit single "No Myth."
  • E. Keith Crouch
    Keith Crouch is an American R&B songwriter and record producer best known for his work on Brandy’s early hits and other 1990s soul and gospel projects.
  • 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_69ad85a405e48190b6e68de7cf9f319e completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb1ee711481909c0d921f1b5b8562 completed March 8, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b31a946ba88190bd40ba7481baf28d completed March 12, 2026, 7:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b31c3aaba48190b203e344d71080f3 completed March 12, 2026, 8:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b31da28a04819096e7ced5f123592a completed March 12, 2026, 8:10 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:12 p.m.