Triple

T5348865
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Sterile Cuckoo E124122 entity
Predicate authorOfSourceWork P2353 FINISHED
Object John Nichols
John Nichols is an American novelist best known for works such as "The Sterile Cuckoo" and his politically charged "New Mexico Trilogy."
 E513689 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: John Nichols | Statement: [The Sterile Cuckoo, authorOfSourceWork, John Nichols]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Nichols
Context triple: [The Sterile Cuckoo, authorOfSourceWork, John Nichols]
  • A. John Nichols
    John Nichols is an American journalist and author known for his progressive political commentary and work with The Nation magazine.
  • B. John Nichols
    John Nichols is an American local politician serving as the mayor of College Station, Texas.
  • C. David Sirota
    David Sirota is an American journalist, author, and political commentator who co-wrote the screenplay for the satirical disaster film "Don't Look Up."
  • D. Michael Tomasky
    Michael Tomasky is an American journalist, author, and political commentator known for his liberal analysis and leadership roles at prominent opinion magazines.
  • E. Michael Kinsley
    Michael Kinsley is an American political journalist and commentator known for his influential work in opinion journalism and his leadership roles at several major publications.
  • 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: John Nichols
Triple: [The Sterile Cuckoo, authorOfSourceWork, John Nichols]
Generated description
John Nichols is an American novelist best known for works such as "The Sterile Cuckoo" and his politically charged "New Mexico Trilogy."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Nichols
Target entity description: John Nichols is an American novelist best known for works such as "The Sterile Cuckoo" and his politically charged "New Mexico Trilogy."
  • A. John Nichols
    John Nichols is an American local politician serving as the mayor of College Station, Texas.
  • B. John Nichols
    John Nichols is an American journalist and author known for his progressive political commentary and work with The Nation magazine.
  • C. David Sirota
    David Sirota is an American journalist, author, and political commentator who co-wrote the screenplay for the satirical disaster film "Don't Look Up."
  • D. Michael Tomasky
    Michael Tomasky is an American journalist, author, and political commentator known for his liberal analysis and leadership roles at prominent opinion magazines.
  • E. Michael Kinsley
    Michael Kinsley is an American political journalist and commentator known for his influential work in opinion journalism and his leadership roles at several major publications.
  • 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_69bd464be27081908807b40b75c1bbae completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd860ea7088190ad7be14132927d17 completed March 20, 2026, 5:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf21d0d4d08190a33c86553d2012fa completed March 21, 2026, 10:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf232d7a888190878f7a3ce769dd83 completed March 21, 2026, 11:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf23c3ad9c8190b84a31a4b8fe8fca completed March 21, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:01 p.m.