Triple
T505765
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas Pynchon |
E10498
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
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FINISHED |
| Object |
David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer best known for his encyclopedic, experimental novel "Infinite Jest" and his incisive explorations of contemporary culture, consciousness, and addiction.
|
E63902
|
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: David Foster Wallace | Statement: [Thomas Pynchon, influenced, David Foster Wallace]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Foster Wallace Context triple: [Thomas Pynchon, influenced, David Foster Wallace]
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A.
Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo is a critically acclaimed American novelist known for his postmodern works that explore themes of consumerism, technology, and the anxieties of contemporary life, including novels such as "White Noise" and "Underworld."
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B.
Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Pynchon is a reclusive American novelist known for his dense, complex, and postmodern works such as "Gravity’s Rainbow" and "The Crying of Lot 49."
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C.
William Faulks
William Faulks is known as the son of British novelist Sebastian Faulks.
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D.
Richard Yates
Richard Yates was an American politician who served as the Civil War–era governor of Illinois and later as a U.S. senator.
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E.
J. D. Salinger
J. D. Salinger was an American author best known for his influential novel "The Catcher in the Rye," which became a defining work of 20th-century literature and adolescent alienation.
- 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: David Foster Wallace Triple: [Thomas Pynchon, influenced, David Foster Wallace]
Generated description
David Foster Wallace was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer best known for his encyclopedic, experimental novel "Infinite Jest" and his incisive explorations of contemporary culture, consciousness, and addiction.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Foster Wallace Target entity description: David Foster Wallace was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer best known for his encyclopedic, experimental novel "Infinite Jest" and his incisive explorations of contemporary culture, consciousness, and addiction.
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A.
Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo is a critically acclaimed American novelist known for his postmodern works that explore themes of consumerism, technology, and the anxieties of contemporary life, including novels such as "White Noise" and "Underworld."
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B.
Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Pynchon is a reclusive American novelist known for his dense, complex, and postmodern works such as "Gravity’s Rainbow" and "The Crying of Lot 49."
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C.
William Faulks
William Faulks is known as the son of British novelist Sebastian Faulks.
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D.
Richard Yates
Richard Yates was an American politician who served as the Civil War–era governor of Illinois and later as a U.S. senator.
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E.
J. D. Salinger
J. D. Salinger was an American author best known for his influential novel "The Catcher in the Rye," which became a defining work of 20th-century literature and adolescent alienation.
- 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_69a49eb990308190a3306f5408eec850 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:16 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a49f60529481908b68c2fdb6120641 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:19 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4a01e54f08190be389a351aa131f0 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:22 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.