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.
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B.
Denis Barnett
Denis Barnett was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to high command during and after the Second World War.
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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.
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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."
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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.