Triple
T5309933
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Howard |
E118997
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert E. Howard
Robert E. Howard was an American pulp fiction writer best known as the creator of the sword-and-sorcery character Conan the Barbarian.
|
E510748
|
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 E. Howard | Statement: [Howard, hasNotableBearer, Robert E. Howard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert E. Howard Context triple: [Howard, hasNotableBearer, Robert E. Howard]
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A.
Robert Howard
Robert Howard was a wealthy 17th-century Boston merchant for whom the historic Paul Revere House was originally constructed.
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B.
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author best known for creating the iconic adventure characters Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.
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C.
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft was an American writer of weird and cosmic horror fiction whose creation of the Cthulhu Mythos and emphasis on existential dread profoundly shaped modern horror literature.
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D.
Winfield Scott Lovecraft
Winfield Scott Lovecraft was the traveling salesman father of American weird fiction author H. P. Lovecraft, whose mental illness and early death significantly impacted his son's life.
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E.
Karl May
Karl May was a popular 19th-century German author best known for his adventure novels set in the American Old West and the Orient, featuring characters like Winnetou and Old Shatterhand.
- 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 E. Howard Triple: [Howard, hasNotableBearer, Robert E. Howard]
Generated description
Robert E. Howard was an American pulp fiction writer best known as the creator of the sword-and-sorcery character Conan the Barbarian.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert E. Howard Target entity description: Robert E. Howard was an American pulp fiction writer best known as the creator of the sword-and-sorcery character Conan the Barbarian.
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A.
Robert Howard
Robert Howard was a wealthy 17th-century Boston merchant for whom the historic Paul Revere House was originally constructed.
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B.
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author best known for creating the iconic adventure characters Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.
-
C.
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft was an American writer of weird and cosmic horror fiction whose creation of the Cthulhu Mythos and emphasis on existential dread profoundly shaped modern horror literature.
-
D.
Winfield Scott Lovecraft
Winfield Scott Lovecraft was the traveling salesman father of American weird fiction author H. P. Lovecraft, whose mental illness and early death significantly impacted his son's life.
-
E.
Karl May
Karl May was a popular 19th-century German author best known for his adventure novels set in the American Old West and the Orient, featuring characters like Winnetou and Old Shatterhand.
- 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_69bd446b57bc8190a513d2e6c40314f3 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd8532c26c819084f5b8de542cd309 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:34 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf10ffb1f08190aba4c1c860085c92 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:43 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf14c687908190bafa9f99e10d7698 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:59 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf15675c888190ae8107fdab02aa25 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:02 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:53 p.m.