Triple

T3892562
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wilbur Smith E88092 entity
Predicate notableSeries P3199 FINISHED
Object Hector Cross series
The Hector Cross series is a set of contemporary action-thriller novels by Wilbur Smith featuring ex-SAS operative and security specialist Hector Cross in high-stakes, international adventures.
E397517 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: Hector Cross series | Statement: [Wilbur Smith, notableSeries, Hector Cross series]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hector Cross series
Context triple: [Wilbur Smith, notableSeries, Hector Cross series]
  • A. Alex Cross series
    The Alex Cross series is a popular collection of crime and thriller novels following a Washington, D.C. detective and psychologist as he investigates complex and often brutal cases.
  • B. Born series
    The Born series is a perturbative expansion in quantum scattering theory that expresses the scattering amplitude as an infinite series of successive interaction terms.
  • C. Women's Murder Club series
    The Women's Murder Club series is a popular crime thriller book franchise co-created by James Patterson that follows a group of women professionals in San Francisco who team up to solve complex murder cases.
  • D. NYPD Red series
    The NYPD Red series is a fast-paced crime thriller book franchise co-authored by James Patterson that follows an elite New York City police unit handling high-profile and celebrity-related cases.
  • E. Charlie Heat
    Charlie Heat is an American record producer known for his innovative, genre-blending work in hip-hop and R&B, including contributions to Kanye West’s music.
  • 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: Hector Cross series
Triple: [Wilbur Smith, notableSeries, Hector Cross series]
Generated description
The Hector Cross series is a set of contemporary action-thriller novels by Wilbur Smith featuring ex-SAS operative and security specialist Hector Cross in high-stakes, international adventures.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hector Cross series
Target entity description: The Hector Cross series is a set of contemporary action-thriller novels by Wilbur Smith featuring ex-SAS operative and security specialist Hector Cross in high-stakes, international adventures.
  • A. Alex Cross series
    The Alex Cross series is a popular collection of crime and thriller novels following a Washington, D.C. detective and psychologist as he investigates complex and often brutal cases.
  • B. Born series
    The Born series is a perturbative expansion in quantum scattering theory that expresses the scattering amplitude as an infinite series of successive interaction terms.
  • C. Women's Murder Club series
    The Women's Murder Club series is a popular crime thriller book franchise co-created by James Patterson that follows a group of women professionals in San Francisco who team up to solve complex murder cases.
  • D. NYPD Red series
    The NYPD Red series is a fast-paced crime thriller book franchise co-authored by James Patterson that follows an elite New York City police unit handling high-profile and celebrity-related cases.
  • E. Charlie Heat
    Charlie Heat is an American record producer known for his innovative, genre-blending work in hip-hop and R&B, including contributions to Kanye West’s music.
  • 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_69aed9466d548190939f5217a23ed4ac completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeecb237748190a4d41b76e8efd0ba completed March 9, 2026, 3:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b51c9484f08190b47eec550e521da5 completed March 14, 2026, 8:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b51d9295908190a282d9b3f1cbb34c completed March 14, 2026, 8:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b51e1d6d988190b2c1a3f42964aaaa completed March 14, 2026, 8:36 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:21 p.m.