Triple
T445689
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography |
E7012
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWinner |
P2766
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert A. Caro
Robert A. Caro is an American journalist and biographer renowned for his exhaustive, Pulitzer Prize–winning studies of political power, particularly in his multi-volume works on Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson.
|
E56305
|
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: Robert A. Caro | Statement: [Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography, notableWinner, Robert A. Caro]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert A. Caro Context triple: [Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography, notableWinner, Robert A. Caro]
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A.
Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Arthur Schlesinger Jr. was a prominent American historian, social critic, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author known for his influential works on the American presidency and liberalism.
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B.
Kai Bird
Kai Bird is an American historian, biographer, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for co-writing the J. Robert Oppenheimer biography "American Prometheus."
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C.
Carl Bernstein
Carl Bernstein is an American investigative journalist best known for his reporting with Bob Woodward that helped uncover the Watergate scandal and led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
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D.
Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright is an American journalist, author, and screenwriter best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative nonfiction works on topics such as terrorism and Scientology.
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E.
J. O. Taylor
J. O. Taylor was a cinematographer active during early Hollywood who worked on the landmark 1933 monster film "King Kong."
- 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: Robert A. Caro Triple: [Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography, notableWinner, Robert A. Caro]
Generated description
Robert A. Caro is an American journalist and biographer renowned for his exhaustive, Pulitzer Prize–winning studies of political power, particularly in his multi-volume works on Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert A. Caro Target entity description: Robert A. Caro is an American journalist and biographer renowned for his exhaustive, Pulitzer Prize–winning studies of political power, particularly in his multi-volume works on Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson.
-
A.
Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Arthur Schlesinger Jr. was a prominent American historian, social critic, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author known for his influential works on the American presidency and liberalism.
-
B.
Kai Bird
Kai Bird is an American historian, biographer, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for co-writing the J. Robert Oppenheimer biography "American Prometheus."
-
C.
Carl Bernstein
Carl Bernstein is an American investigative journalist best known for his reporting with Bob Woodward that helped uncover the Watergate scandal and led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
-
D.
Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright is an American journalist, author, and screenwriter best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative nonfiction works on topics such as terrorism and Scientology.
-
E.
J. O. Taylor
J. O. Taylor was a cinematographer active during early Hollywood who worked on the landmark 1933 monster film "King Kong."
- 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_69a2e7e4676c81909ea0dbdecac0687c |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ef479ec08190a659eead6eb0d4d0 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a442a6abac81909f23975fabd7e90a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 1:44 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4466c89508190bec28097c3fe510f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 2 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a446e661d481909ebd78a14fc973d2 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 2:02 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.