Triple

T3675724
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Infinite Jest E77986 entity
Predicate featuresCharacter P626 FINISHED
Object Hal Incandenza
Hal Incandenza is a prodigiously intelligent but emotionally isolated teenage tennis player and addict who serves as one of the central protagonists in David Foster Wallace’s novel "Infinite Jest."
E378545 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: Hal Incandenza | Statement: [Infinite Jest, featuresCharacter, Hal Incandenza]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hal Incandenza
Context triple: [Infinite Jest, featuresCharacter, Hal Incandenza]
  • A. Lisle Von Rhoman
    Lisle Von Rhoman is a mysterious, ageless socialite and sorceress in the dark comedy film "Death Becomes Her," known for selling a magical potion that grants eternal youth and immortality.
  • B. Burny Mattinson
    Burny Mattinson was a veteran Walt Disney animator, director, and story artist whose decades-long career contributed to many classic Disney films.
  • C. Hal Borne
    Hal Borne was an American composer, arranger, and bandleader best known for his work on film and swing-era music, particularly in Hollywood musicals.
  • D. Alex Convery
    Alex Convery is a screenwriter best known for writing the script for the 2023 sports drama film "Air," which chronicles Nike's pursuit of Michael Jordan.
  • E. Dorian Sagan
    Dorian Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, complexity, and the philosophy of science, often co-authored with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
  • 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: Hal Incandenza
Triple: [Infinite Jest, featuresCharacter, Hal Incandenza]
Generated description
Hal Incandenza is a prodigiously intelligent but emotionally isolated teenage tennis player and addict who serves as one of the central protagonists in David Foster Wallace’s novel "Infinite Jest."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hal Incandenza
Target entity description: Hal Incandenza is a prodigiously intelligent but emotionally isolated teenage tennis player and addict who serves as one of the central protagonists in David Foster Wallace’s novel "Infinite Jest."
  • A. Anthony Ashnault
    Anthony Ashnault is an American wrestler best known as a multiple-time All-American and NCAA champion for Rutgers University.
  • B. Lisle Von Rhoman
    Lisle Von Rhoman is a mysterious, ageless socialite and sorceress in the dark comedy film "Death Becomes Her," known for selling a magical potion that grants eternal youth and immortality.
  • C. Burny Mattinson
    Burny Mattinson was a veteran Walt Disney animator, director, and story artist whose decades-long career contributed to many classic Disney films.
  • D. Hal Borne
    Hal Borne was an American composer, arranger, and bandleader best known for his work on film and swing-era music, particularly in Hollywood musicals.
  • E. Alex Convery
    Alex Convery is a screenwriter best known for writing the script for the 2023 sports drama film "Air," which chronicles Nike's pursuit of Michael Jordan.
  • 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_69ad85e083008190b2e1b7085fe500bd completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc462ffdc8190896e9f98f648e2f3 completed March 8, 2026, 6:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b48856b7d481909d9cc32586d61d44 completed March 13, 2026, 9:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b489b0de348190a339affb0d59e4b3 completed March 13, 2026, 10:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4bc976fc881909a067b73002c5305 completed March 14, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:25 p.m.