Triple
T3805905
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Richard Dawkins |
E93005
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Christopher Hitchens |
E28943
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Christopher Hitchens | Statement: [Richard Dawkins, influenced, Christopher Hitchens]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christopher Hitchens Context triple: [Richard Dawkins, influenced, Christopher Hitchens]
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A.
Christopher Hitchens
chosen
Christopher Hitchens was a British-American author, journalist, and polemicist known for his sharp wit, contrarian views, and influential writings on religion, politics, and culture.
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B.
Peter Hitchens
Peter Hitchens is a British journalist, author, and conservative commentator known for his columns in The Mail on Sunday and his critiques of modern liberalism and social policy.
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C.
Andrew Cockburn
Andrew Cockburn is a British-American journalist and author known for his investigative reporting and books on national security, military affairs, and U.S. foreign policy.
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D.
Samuel Fisk
Samuel Fisk is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Fisk.
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E.
Charles Krauthammer
Charles Krauthammer was an American political columnist, commentator, and physician known for his influential conservative analysis in major U.S. media outlets.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69aed96a60088190ab1df8390fffc935 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aee7bd95e881908649ce512f7470b0 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:31 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4fb2d7be48190a041e59b706751a4 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:07 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:16 p.m.