Triple

T3759578
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Up in the Air E82128 entity
Predicate basedOnAuthor P2806 FINISHED
Object Walter Kirn
Walter Kirn is an American novelist, literary critic, and essayist best known for works such as "Up in the Air," which was adapted into a major feature film.
 E387033 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: Walter Kirn | Statement: [Up in the Air, basedOnAuthor, Walter Kirn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Walter Kirn
Context triple: [Up in the Air, basedOnAuthor, Walter Kirn]
  • A. Peter Vermes
    Peter Vermes is an American soccer coach and former defender best known for his long tenure leading Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer.
  • B. Jason Kreis
    Jason Kreis is an American soccer coach and former player best known for leading Real Salt Lake to an MLS Cup title and later managing several Major League Soccer clubs.
  • C. Garth Lagerwey
    Garth Lagerwey is an American soccer executive and former goalkeeper best known for building championship-winning MLS teams, including during his tenure with Seattle Sounders FC.
  • D. John Harkes
    John Harkes is a former American soccer midfielder who was a key figure for the U.S. national team and Major League Soccer in the 1990s.
  • E. Sigi Schmid
    Sigi Schmid was a highly successful German-American soccer coach best known for leading MLS clubs like the LA Galaxy, Columbus Crew, and Seattle Sounders to multiple league titles and trophies.
  • 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: Walter Kirn
Triple: [Up in the Air, basedOnAuthor, Walter Kirn]
Generated description
Walter Kirn is an American novelist, literary critic, and essayist best known for works such as "Up in the Air," which was adapted into a major feature film.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Walter Kirn
Target entity description: Walter Kirn is an American novelist, literary critic, and essayist best known for works such as "Up in the Air," which was adapted into a major feature film.
  • A. Peter Vermes
    Peter Vermes is an American soccer coach and former defender best known for his long tenure leading Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer.
  • B. Jason Kreis
    Jason Kreis is an American soccer coach and former player best known for leading Real Salt Lake to an MLS Cup title and later managing several Major League Soccer clubs.
  • C. Garth Lagerwey
    Garth Lagerwey is an American soccer executive and former goalkeeper best known for building championship-winning MLS teams, including during his tenure with Seattle Sounders FC.
  • D. John Harkes
    John Harkes is a former American soccer midfielder who was a key figure for the U.S. national team and Major League Soccer in the 1990s.
  • E. Sigi Schmid
    Sigi Schmid was a highly successful German-American soccer coach best known for leading MLS clubs like the LA Galaxy, Columbus Crew, and Seattle Sounders to multiple league titles and trophies.
  • 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_69ad8b1db40081908b61ffa6b78afd4d completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adcbc3d3f48190974cec104080949f completed March 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4e5133ba48190a18ea170e3b9e1cd completed March 14, 2026, 4:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4e62d284881908531b93645649f45 completed March 14, 2026, 4:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4ea2b19e48190864d2114603865ed completed March 14, 2026, 4:55 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:35 p.m.