Triple
T5842813
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Leopard's Spots |
E129633
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thomas Dixon Jr. |
E129634
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Thomas Dixon Jr. | Statement: [The Leopard's Spots, author, Thomas Dixon Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Dixon Jr. Context triple: [The Leopard's Spots, author, Thomas Dixon Jr.]
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A.
Thomas Dixon Jr.
chosen
Thomas Dixon Jr. was an American novelist, minister, and white supremacist whose pro-Ku Klux Klan writings, particularly his novel "The Clansman," inspired the controversial film "The Birth of a Nation."
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B.
Horace McCoy
Horace McCoy was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his hardboiled crime fiction, including the classic novel "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?".
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C.
R. L. Thornton
R. L. Thornton was a prominent mid-20th-century Dallas businessman and civic leader who played a key role in the city’s economic growth and urban development.
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D.
Hamlin Garland
Hamlin Garland was an American author best known for his realistic portrayals of Midwestern farm life and his influential role in the development of regionalist, or local color, fiction.
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E.
W. R. Burnett
W. R. Burnett was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his hardboiled crime fiction that inspired numerous classic Hollywood films.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c0084bd31c8190a796bb6284845e83 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c034d9da0c8190970319d0dc2fc73f |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0b0fb0f68819091018926ee4c7bb8 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 3:18 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:54 p.m.