Triple
T5293204
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award |
E119791
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ed McBain
Ed McBain was the pen name of American author Evan Hunter, best known for his influential 87th Precinct police procedural novels and his significant impact on modern crime fiction.
|
E507826
|
NE FINISHED |
Named-entity recognition
Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.
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: Ed McBain | Statement: [Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award, hasRecipient, Ed McBain]
Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)
The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed McBain Context triple: [Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award, hasRecipient, Ed McBain]
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A.
Harry Bosch
Harry Bosch is a hard-boiled Los Angeles homicide detective and the central protagonist of Michael Connelly’s long-running crime novel series.
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B.
Detective Jack Graham
Detective Jack Graham is a supporting character in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 thriller "Shadow of a Doubt," serving as a government investigator who quietly probes the suspicions surrounding Uncle Charlie.
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C.
Jack Crawford
Jack Crawford is a seasoned FBI agent and head of the Behavioral Science Unit who mentors Clarice Starling in Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Lecter novels and their film adaptations.
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D.
Virgil Tibbs
Virgil Tibbs is a skilled and composed Black homicide detective who famously investigates a murder in a racially tense Southern town in the film "In the Heat of the Night."
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E.
Eliot Ness
Eliot Ness was an American Prohibition agent and law enforcement official best known for leading "The Untouchables" in the fight against Al Capone’s criminal empire in Chicago.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed McBain Target entity description: Ed McBain was the pen name of American author Evan Hunter, best known for his influential 87th Precinct police procedural novels and his significant impact on modern crime fiction.
-
A.
Harry Bosch
Harry Bosch is a hard-boiled Los Angeles homicide detective and the central protagonist of Michael Connelly’s long-running crime novel series.
-
B.
Detective Jack Graham
Detective Jack Graham is a supporting character in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 thriller "Shadow of a Doubt," serving as a government investigator who quietly probes the suspicions surrounding Uncle Charlie.
-
C.
Jack Crawford
Jack Crawford is a seasoned FBI agent and head of the Behavioral Science Unit who mentors Clarice Starling in Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Lecter novels and their film adaptations.
-
D.
Virgil Tibbs
Virgil Tibbs is a skilled and composed Black homicide detective who famously investigates a murder in a racially tense Southern town in the film "In the Heat of the Night."
-
E.
Eliot Ness
Eliot Ness was an American Prohibition agent and law enforcement official best known for leading "The Untouchables" in the fight against Al Capone’s criminal empire in Chicago.
- F. None of above. chosen
How the object was described
The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.
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: Ed McBain Triple: [Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award, hasRecipient, Ed McBain]
Generated description
Ed McBain was the pen name of American author Evan Hunter, best known for his influential 87th Precinct police procedural novels and his significant impact on modern crime fiction.
Provenance (5 batches)
| Stage | Batch ID | Job type | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| creating | batch_69bd446f22b88190b6a47fb91c68a3e7 |
elicitation | completed |
| NER | batch_69bd84eec0c081908da5fad1b1fff9d6 |
ner | completed |
| NED1 | batch_69bf06f3c7508190be98e08cef130a4d |
ned_source_triple | completed |
| NED2 | batch_69bf08a498288190bbb8cb0f407ef896 |
ned_description | completed |
| NEDg | batch_69bf07f9ef048190a5f726c1e603ccc9 |
nedg | completed |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:52 p.m.