Triple

T3794140
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jack Higgins E89727 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object Harry Patterson
Harry Patterson, better known by his pen name Jack Higgins, was a British author famed for his bestselling thriller novels, including "The Eagle Has Landed."
E388518 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: Harry Patterson | Statement: [Jack Higgins, alsoKnownAs, Harry Patterson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harry Patterson
Context triple: [Jack Higgins, alsoKnownAs, Harry Patterson]
  • A. Neal Patterson
    Neal Patterson was an American businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of the health information technology company Cerner Corporation.
  • B. Denis Barnett
    Denis Barnett was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to high command during and after the Second World War.
  • C. John Brophy
    John Brophy was an influential American labor leader and union organizer who played a key role in the early development of industrial unionism in the United States.
  • D. Ray Merrimen
    Ray Merrimen is a disciplined, battle-hardened ex-Marine and mastermind leader of a crew of professional bank robbers in the crime film "Den of Thieves."
  • E. Roy McFarland
    Roy McFarland is a former English central defender best known for his key role in Derby County’s successful teams of the late 1960s and 1970s and for earning numerous caps for the England national team.
  • 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: Harry Patterson
Triple: [Jack Higgins, alsoKnownAs, Harry Patterson]
Generated description
Harry Patterson, better known by his pen name Jack Higgins, was a British author famed for his bestselling thriller novels, including "The Eagle Has Landed."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harry Patterson
Target entity description: Harry Patterson, better known by his pen name Jack Higgins, was a British author famed for his bestselling thriller novels, including "The Eagle Has Landed."
  • A. Neal Patterson
    Neal Patterson was an American businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of the health information technology company Cerner Corporation.
  • B. Denis Barnett
    Denis Barnett was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to high command during and after the Second World War.
  • C. John Brophy
    John Brophy was an influential American labor leader and union organizer who played a key role in the early development of industrial unionism in the United States.
  • D. Ray Merrimen
    Ray Merrimen is a disciplined, battle-hardened ex-Marine and mastermind leader of a crew of professional bank robbers in the crime film "Den of Thieves."
  • E. Roy McFarland
    Roy McFarland is a former English central defender best known for his key role in Derby County’s successful teams of the late 1960s and 1970s and for earning numerous caps for the England national team.
  • 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_69aed9597d6881909b6ee3b9de859223 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aee76b809c81908312f308fbe85bf4 completed March 9, 2026, 3:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4f05c0f908190b5638e75b06dab4d completed March 14, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4f173d66881909301bfc45d10b3d1 completed March 14, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4f1ecdd788190aebea36578923fad completed March 14, 2026, 5:28 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:15 p.m.