Triple
T3675728
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Infinite Jest |
E77986
|
entity |
| Predicate | featuresCharacter |
P626
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mario Incandenza
Mario Incandenza is a gentle, physically disabled yet emotionally perceptive member of the Incandenza family in David Foster Wallace’s novel "Infinite Jest," known for his childlike sincerity and moral clarity amid the book’s chaos.
|
E382656
|
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: Mario Incandenza | Statement: [Infinite Jest, featuresCharacter, Mario Incandenza]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mario Incandenza Context triple: [Infinite Jest, featuresCharacter, Mario Incandenza]
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A.
Mario Castoldi
Mario Castoldi was an Italian aeronautical engineer best known for designing high-performance fighter aircraft for the Macchi company during the World War II era.
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B.
Marco Barricelli
Marco Barricelli is an Italian-American actor and theatre director known for his work on stage and in voice roles for film and television.
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C.
Mario Pani
Mario Pani was a prominent 20th-century Mexican architect and urban planner known for his influential modernist housing complexes and large-scale urban projects in Mexico City.
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D.
Frank Nitto
Frank Nitto was an American mobster who became a leading figure in Al Capone’s Chicago Outfit during the Prohibition era.
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E.
Joseph Aiuppa
Joseph Aiuppa was a powerful American mobster who rose to become a top boss of the Chicago Outfit during the mid-20th century.
- 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: Mario Incandenza Triple: [Infinite Jest, featuresCharacter, Mario Incandenza]
Generated description
Mario Incandenza is a gentle, physically disabled yet emotionally perceptive member of the Incandenza family in David Foster Wallace’s novel "Infinite Jest," known for his childlike sincerity and moral clarity amid the book’s chaos.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mario Incandenza Target entity description: Mario Incandenza is a gentle, physically disabled yet emotionally perceptive member of the Incandenza family in David Foster Wallace’s novel "Infinite Jest," known for his childlike sincerity and moral clarity amid the book’s chaos.
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A.
Mario Castoldi
Mario Castoldi was an Italian aeronautical engineer best known for designing high-performance fighter aircraft for the Macchi company during the World War II era.
-
B.
Marco Barricelli
Marco Barricelli is an Italian-American actor and theatre director known for his work on stage and in voice roles for film and television.
-
C.
Mario Pani
Mario Pani was a prominent 20th-century Mexican architect and urban planner known for his influential modernist housing complexes and large-scale urban projects in Mexico City.
-
D.
Frank Nitto
Frank Nitto was an American mobster who became a leading figure in Al Capone’s Chicago Outfit during the Prohibition era.
-
E.
Joseph Aiuppa
Joseph Aiuppa was a powerful American mobster who rose to become a top boss of the Chicago Outfit during the mid-20th century.
- 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_69b4cde628c08190adc058d8d35a5e5d |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:54 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4cf6a84fc8190b07fbc31621bd871 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4d32caa7c81908332ac23bd4d9571 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:17 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:25 p.m.