Triple

T6190395
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Patrick O'Brian E138174 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Richard Patrick Russ
Richard Patrick Russ, better known by his pen name Patrick O'Brian, was a British novelist and translator famed for his Aubrey–Maturin series of historical naval novels.
 E576043 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: Richard Patrick Russ | Statement: [Patrick O'Brian, birthName, Richard Patrick Russ]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard Patrick Russ
Context triple: [Patrick O'Brian, birthName, Richard Patrick Russ]
  • A. John McEntire
    John McEntire is an American drummer, producer, and recording engineer best known for his work with experimental and post-rock bands such as Tortoise and The Sea and Cake.
  • B. William Ryan
    William Ryan is a marine geologist and oceanographer known for his influential work on seafloor spreading and the geological history of the Black Sea, including the "Noah's Flood" hypothesis.
  • C. William Ryan
    William Ryan is a film producer best known for his work on the 1994 remake of "Miracle on 34th Street."
  • D. William A. Petersen
    William A. Petersen was a 19th-century Washington, D.C. tailor and boardinghouse owner whose home became historically significant as the place where President Abraham Lincoln died.
  • E. Bill Marshall
    Bill Marshall was a Canadian film producer and cultural entrepreneur best known for co-founding and helping establish the Toronto International Film Festival as a major global cinema event.
  • 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: Richard Patrick Russ
Triple: [Patrick O'Brian, birthName, Richard Patrick Russ]
Generated description
Richard Patrick Russ, better known by his pen name Patrick O'Brian, was a British novelist and translator famed for his Aubrey–Maturin series of historical naval novels.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard Patrick Russ
Target entity description: Richard Patrick Russ, better known by his pen name Patrick O'Brian, was a British novelist and translator famed for his Aubrey–Maturin series of historical naval novels.
  • A. John McEntire
    John McEntire is an American drummer, producer, and recording engineer best known for his work with experimental and post-rock bands such as Tortoise and The Sea and Cake.
  • B. William Ryan
    William Ryan is a marine geologist and oceanographer known for his influential work on seafloor spreading and the geological history of the Black Sea, including the "Noah's Flood" hypothesis.
  • C. William Ryan
    William Ryan is a film producer best known for his work on the 1994 remake of "Miracle on 34th Street."
  • D. William A. Petersen
    William A. Petersen was a 19th-century Washington, D.C. tailor and boardinghouse owner whose home became historically significant as the place where President Abraham Lincoln died.
  • E. Bill Marshall
    Bill Marshall was a Canadian film producer and cultural entrepreneur best known for co-founding and helping establish the Toronto International Film Festival as a major global cinema event.
  • 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_69c008a8fd408190b7ec6e42934974a6 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0621abad48190acb9ec019c065ed4 completed March 22, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c16f0d5a2881908564442aca29b1ec completed March 23, 2026, 4:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c1f5c981dc8190aebfba63dc0055fe completed March 24, 2026, 2:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c1f6390c6481908aa0f0afcba9729d completed March 24, 2026, 2:26 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:19 p.m.