Triple

T3969338
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Birdman of Alcatraz E92290 entity
Predicate authorOfSourceWork P2353 FINISHED
Object Thomas E. Gaddis
Thomas E. Gaddis was an American writer best known for his biographical works on prisoners, most notably the book that inspired the film "Birdman of Alcatraz."
 E404730 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: Thomas E. Gaddis | Statement: [Birdman of Alcatraz, authorOfSourceWork, Thomas E. Gaddis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas E. Gaddis
Context triple: [Birdman of Alcatraz, authorOfSourceWork, Thomas E. Gaddis]
  • A. Christopher Nourse
    Christopher Nourse is a British arts administrator and producer known for his leadership roles in major dance and performing arts organizations.
  • B. John B. Jervis
    John B. Jervis was a prominent 19th-century American civil engineer known for his major contributions to canal, railroad, and water-supply infrastructure projects.
  • C. James W. Nye
    James W. Nye was a 19th-century American politician who served as the first governor of the Nevada Territory and later as a U.S. senator from Nevada.
  • D. Andrew Bacevich
    Andrew Bacevich is an American historian, retired U.S. Army colonel, and prominent critic of U.S. foreign policy and militarism.
  • E. Thomas Wight
    Thomas Wight was an American architect best known as one of the founding partners of the architectural firm Wight and Wight.
  • 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: Thomas E. Gaddis
Triple: [Birdman of Alcatraz, authorOfSourceWork, Thomas E. Gaddis]
Generated description
Thomas E. Gaddis was an American writer best known for his biographical works on prisoners, most notably the book that inspired the film "Birdman of Alcatraz."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas E. Gaddis
Target entity description: Thomas E. Gaddis was an American writer best known for his biographical works on prisoners, most notably the book that inspired the film "Birdman of Alcatraz."
  • A. Christopher Nourse
    Christopher Nourse is a British arts administrator and producer known for his leadership roles in major dance and performing arts organizations.
  • B. John B. Jervis
    John B. Jervis was a prominent 19th-century American civil engineer known for his major contributions to canal, railroad, and water-supply infrastructure projects.
  • C. James W. Nye
    James W. Nye was a 19th-century American politician who served as the first governor of the Nevada Territory and later as a U.S. senator from Nevada.
  • D. Andrew Bacevich
    Andrew Bacevich is an American historian, retired U.S. Army colonel, and prominent critic of U.S. foreign policy and militarism.
  • E. Thomas Wight
    Thomas Wight was an American architect best known as one of the founding partners of the architectural firm Wight and Wight.
  • 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_69aed96624188190ac8c45bb57ab72b5 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aef992d6bc8190be1b244eb87f2964 completed March 9, 2026, 4:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b54006b5e48190973e30055a0893a5 completed March 14, 2026, 11:01 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b54126234c8190990cf6df84a83e92 completed March 14, 2026, 11:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5458d736481908ca826fa4fd01b8c completed March 14, 2026, 11:25 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:32 p.m.