Triple
T505760
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas Pynchon |
E10498
|
entity |
| Predicate | awardReceived |
P11
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Dean Howells Medal
The William Dean Howells Medal is a prestigious American literary award presented by the American Academy of Arts and Letters for outstanding achievement in fiction, typically recognizing a distinguished novel.
|
E63180
|
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: William Dean Howells Medal | Statement: [Thomas Pynchon, awardReceived, William Dean Howells Medal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Dean Howells Medal Context triple: [Thomas Pynchon, awardReceived, William Dean Howells Medal]
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A.
PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction
The PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction is a prestigious literary honor recognizing a living American author whose body of work exemplifies excellence and lasting significance in fiction.
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B.
O. Henry Award
The O. Henry Award is a prestigious annual American prize recognizing outstanding short stories.
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C.
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
The James Tait Black Memorial Prize is one of the United Kingdom’s oldest and most prestigious literary awards, given annually for outstanding works of fiction and biography.
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D.
Melville Medal
The Melville Medal is a prestigious honor awarded by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for the best original technical paper published in its journals.
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E.
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is a prestigious American literary award given annually to an outstanding work of fiction by a U.S. author.
- 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: William Dean Howells Medal Triple: [Thomas Pynchon, awardReceived, William Dean Howells Medal]
Generated description
The William Dean Howells Medal is a prestigious American literary award presented by the American Academy of Arts and Letters for outstanding achievement in fiction, typically recognizing a distinguished novel.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Dean Howells Medal Target entity description: The William Dean Howells Medal is a prestigious American literary award presented by the American Academy of Arts and Letters for outstanding achievement in fiction, typically recognizing a distinguished novel.
-
A.
PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction
The PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction is a prestigious literary honor recognizing a living American author whose body of work exemplifies excellence and lasting significance in fiction.
-
B.
O. Henry Award
The O. Henry Award is a prestigious annual American prize recognizing outstanding short stories.
-
C.
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
The James Tait Black Memorial Prize is one of the United Kingdom’s oldest and most prestigious literary awards, given annually for outstanding works of fiction and biography.
-
D.
Melville Medal
The Melville Medal is a prestigious honor awarded by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for the best original technical paper published in its journals.
-
E.
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is a prestigious American literary award given annually to an outstanding work of fiction by a U.S. author.
- 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_69a2e848adf881908e5e04f7af030093 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2f14b2acc8190818e8a53eac69c54 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a4984eed2481909d16332d6034bedf |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4991506808190a96386726cd0212e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a499dbfdf08190bedce53795790963 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:56 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.