Triple
T581629
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shantaram |
E15070
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Gregory David Roberts
Gregory David Roberts is an Australian author and former fugitive best known for his epic novel "Shantaram," inspired by his own experiences in the Mumbai underworld.
|
E73012
|
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: Gregory David Roberts | Statement: [Shantaram, author, Gregory David Roberts]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gregory David Roberts Context triple: [Shantaram, author, Gregory David Roberts]
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A.
Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet best known for his Booker Prize–winning novel "The English Patient."
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B.
William Faulks
William Faulks is known as the son of British novelist Sebastian Faulks.
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C.
Marlon James
Marlon James is a Jamaican novelist and Booker Prize winner known for his ambitious, genre-blending works that explore history, violence, and Black identity.
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D.
Rajiv Joseph
Rajiv Joseph is an American playwright known for his darkly comic, emotionally resonant works such as the Pulitzer Prize–finalist play "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo."
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E.
William T. Vollmann
William T. Vollmann is an American novelist, journalist, and essayist known for his ambitious, genre-blurring works that often explore violence, marginalization, and the moral complexities of history and contemporary society.
- 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: Gregory David Roberts Triple: [Shantaram, author, Gregory David Roberts]
Generated description
Gregory David Roberts is an Australian author and former fugitive best known for his epic novel "Shantaram," inspired by his own experiences in the Mumbai underworld.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gregory David Roberts Target entity description: Gregory David Roberts is an Australian author and former fugitive best known for his epic novel "Shantaram," inspired by his own experiences in the Mumbai underworld.
-
A.
Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet best known for his Booker Prize–winning novel "The English Patient."
-
B.
William Faulks
William Faulks is known as the son of British novelist Sebastian Faulks.
-
C.
Marlon James
Marlon James is a Jamaican novelist and Booker Prize winner known for his ambitious, genre-blending works that explore history, violence, and Black identity.
-
D.
Rajiv Joseph
Rajiv Joseph is an American playwright known for his darkly comic, emotionally resonant works such as the Pulitzer Prize–finalist play "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo."
-
E.
William T. Vollmann
William T. Vollmann is an American novelist, journalist, and essayist known for his ambitious, genre-blurring works that often explore violence, marginalization, and the moral complexities of history and contemporary society.
- 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_69a4935783b8819082b77726ec10cc42 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49b84899881909d5b2b4e67e22d9b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a508a025308190ac35a5e3606de4de |
completed | March 2, 2026, 3:48 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a5090f5450819098324292a444fd94 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 3:50 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a509facafc819089838e0724656ea0 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 3:54 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.