Triple

T56513
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal E1117 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object Joe Nickell
Joe Nickell is an American investigator and author best known for his skeptical examinations of paranormal, religious, and historical claims.
E8975 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: Joe Nickell | Statement: [Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, notableMember, Joe Nickell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joe Nickell
Context triple: [Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, notableMember, Joe Nickell]
  • A. James Randi
    James Randi was a Canadian-American stage magician and prominent skeptic best known for debunking paranormal and pseudoscientific claims through rigorous scientific investigation and public challenges.
  • B. Paul Kurtz
    Paul Kurtz was an American philosopher and prominent secular humanist who became a leading advocate of scientific skepticism and critical inquiry into paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
  • C. Philip Handler
    Philip Handler was an influential American biochemist and longtime president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, recognized for his leadership in science policy and public service.
  • D. Erich Neumann
    Erich Neumann was a German economist and Nazi official who held senior positions in the Third Reich’s economic administration and participated in high-level policy meetings during World War II.
  • E. Robert W. Rummel
    Robert W. Rummel was an aerospace engineer and executive who served as a member of the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • 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: Joe Nickell
Triple: [Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, notableMember, Joe Nickell]
Generated description
Joe Nickell is an American investigator and author best known for his skeptical examinations of paranormal, religious, and historical claims.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joe Nickell
Target entity description: Joe Nickell is an American investigator and author best known for his skeptical examinations of paranormal, religious, and historical claims.
  • A. James Randi
    James Randi was a Canadian-American stage magician and prominent skeptic best known for debunking paranormal and pseudoscientific claims through rigorous scientific investigation and public challenges.
  • B. Paul Kurtz
    Paul Kurtz was an American philosopher and prominent secular humanist who became a leading advocate of scientific skepticism and critical inquiry into paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
  • C. Philip Handler
    Philip Handler was an influential American biochemist and longtime president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, recognized for his leadership in science policy and public service.
  • D. Erich Neumann
    Erich Neumann was a German economist and Nazi official who held senior positions in the Third Reich’s economic administration and participated in high-level policy meetings during World War II.
  • E. Robert W. Rummel
    Robert W. Rummel was an aerospace engineer and executive who served as a member of the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • 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_69a248adc5b48190aa8db9fb092fb28a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:45 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24b07f4a881909e32115e84da02a3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:55 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a266e716048190a57f681fccb4fdeb completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a267b740388190a321023aa52a539a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2685dc64c8190bd611985d1bc27a3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 4 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:50 a.m.