Triple

T3646441
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mao II E77312 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Bill Gray
Bill Gray is a reclusive, aging American novelist in Don DeLillo’s novel "Mao II," whose withdrawal from public life and struggle with authorship reflect themes of media, terrorism, and the role of the writer in contemporary society.
 E375838 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: Bill Gray | Statement: [Mao II, mainCharacter, Bill Gray]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bill Gray
Context triple: [Mao II, mainCharacter, Bill Gray]
  • A. Richard Denning
    Richard Denning was an American film and radio actor best known for his roles in mid-20th-century comedies and dramas, including prominent work in both radio and early television.
  • B. David Wheeler
    David Wheeler was a pioneering British computer scientist known for his fundamental contributions to early computer architecture and software, including work on subroutines and the EDSAC computer.
  • C. William Gray Purcell
    William Gray Purcell was an influential American architect associated with early 20th-century modernism, best known for his residential designs that emphasized open plans, natural materials, and harmony with the landscape.
  • D. Ken Olsen
    Ken Olsen was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime leader of Digital Equipment Corporation, a pioneering company in the minicomputer industry.
  • E. Richard Hamlett
    Richard Hamlett is an American real estate developer best known for his marriage to actress and singer Debbie Reynolds.
  • 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: Bill Gray
Triple: [Mao II, mainCharacter, Bill Gray]
Generated description
Bill Gray is a reclusive, aging American novelist in Don DeLillo’s novel "Mao II," whose withdrawal from public life and struggle with authorship reflect themes of media, terrorism, and the role of the writer in contemporary society.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bill Gray
Target entity description: Bill Gray is a reclusive, aging American novelist in Don DeLillo’s novel "Mao II," whose withdrawal from public life and struggle with authorship reflect themes of media, terrorism, and the role of the writer in contemporary society.
  • A. Richard Denning
    Richard Denning was an American film and radio actor best known for his roles in mid-20th-century comedies and dramas, including prominent work in both radio and early television.
  • B. David Wheeler
    David Wheeler was a pioneering British computer scientist known for his fundamental contributions to early computer architecture and software, including work on subroutines and the EDSAC computer.
  • C. William Gray Purcell
    William Gray Purcell was an influential American architect associated with early 20th-century modernism, best known for his residential designs that emphasized open plans, natural materials, and harmony with the landscape.
  • D. Ken Olsen
    Ken Olsen was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime leader of Digital Equipment Corporation, a pioneering company in the minicomputer industry.
  • E. Richard Hamlett
    Richard Hamlett is an American real estate developer best known for his marriage to actress and singer Debbie Reynolds.
  • 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_69ad85de1b988190a45f8dbfebc806fc completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc3895198819090a17a8894e91d00 completed March 8, 2026, 6:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b44f394f9c8190881edc18b544dbb7 completed March 13, 2026, 5:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b45347e364819080c0dac755405462 completed March 13, 2026, 6:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b45f4640e881909b0e3b68cb899669 completed March 13, 2026, 7:02 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:24 p.m.