Triple

T6231087
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cunningham E139353 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object E. V. Cunningham
E. V. Cunningham was the crime-fiction pen name of American novelist Howard Fast, under which he wrote a series of popular mystery and detective novels.
E579946 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: E. V. Cunningham | Statement: [Cunningham, hasNotableBearer, E. V. Cunningham]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: E. V. Cunningham
Context triple: [Cunningham, hasNotableBearer, E. V. Cunningham]
  • A. Ernest J. H. Mackay
    Ernest J. H. Mackay was a British archaeologist best known for his pioneering excavations of major Indus Valley Civilization sites in the early 20th century.
  • B. Edgar Bethune Ward
    Edgar Bethune Ward was the husband of American actress Jane Wyatt, known primarily for his long marriage to her rather than for a public career of his own.
  • C. S. H. Hyde
    S. H. Hyde was the founder responsible for establishing Kempton Park Racecourse, a notable British horse racing venue.
  • D. Frederick H. Meyer
    Frederick H. Meyer was an American architect active in the early 20th century, known for designing prominent public and commercial buildings in San Francisco.
  • E. H. G. Balcom
    H. G. Balcom was a structural engineer best known for his role in designing and overseeing the framework of major skyscrapers in the early 20th century, including the Empire State Building.
  • 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: E. V. Cunningham
Triple: [Cunningham, hasNotableBearer, E. V. Cunningham]
Generated description
E. V. Cunningham was the crime-fiction pen name of American novelist Howard Fast, under which he wrote a series of popular mystery and detective novels.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: E. V. Cunningham
Target entity description: E. V. Cunningham was the crime-fiction pen name of American novelist Howard Fast, under which he wrote a series of popular mystery and detective novels.
  • A. Ernest J. H. Mackay
    Ernest J. H. Mackay was a British archaeologist best known for his pioneering excavations of major Indus Valley Civilization sites in the early 20th century.
  • B. Edgar Bethune Ward
    Edgar Bethune Ward was the husband of American actress Jane Wyatt, known primarily for his long marriage to her rather than for a public career of his own.
  • C. S. H. Hyde
    S. H. Hyde was the founder responsible for establishing Kempton Park Racecourse, a notable British horse racing venue.
  • D. Frederick H. Meyer
    Frederick H. Meyer was an American architect active in the early 20th century, known for designing prominent public and commercial buildings in San Francisco.
  • E. H. G. Balcom
    H. G. Balcom was a structural engineer best known for his role in designing and overseeing the framework of major skyscrapers in the early 20th century, including the Empire State Building.
  • 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_69c008afd3148190b71e9eaa60420dd1 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c062ec5be4819084d6df2e8dd2a542 completed March 22, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c243f785dc819084d2a11151d84227 completed March 24, 2026, 7:57 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c4fb6ab25081909bce29ecee57cb42 completed March 26, 2026, 9:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c4fc5c18088190ba2ee0d182d7f3c2 completed March 26, 2026, 9:29 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:22 p.m.