Triple
T6516979
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Blackford Oakes novels |
E148289
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Blackford Oakes
Blackford Oakes is a fictional American CIA agent and Cold War spy created by William F. Buckley Jr.
|
E605890
|
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: Blackford Oakes | Statement: [Blackford Oakes novels, mainCharacter, Blackford Oakes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blackford Oakes Context triple: [Blackford Oakes novels, mainCharacter, Blackford Oakes]
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A.
Bunk Moreland
Bunk Moreland is a seasoned, sharp-witted homicide detective in the Baltimore Police Department on the television series "The Wire," known for his loyalty, pragmatism, and complex moral compass.
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B.
Isham Randolph
Isham Randolph was an 18th-century Virginia planter and sea captain, best known as the grandfather of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.
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C.
Slimm Calhoun
Slimm Calhoun is an American rapper from Atlanta best known for his work with the Dungeon Family collective and his early-2000s solo material.
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D.
Joseph Hardin
Joseph Hardin was an American Revolutionary War officer and early frontier leader whose legacy is commemorated in several place names in the southeastern United States.
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E.
Theodore Hickman
Theodore Hickman is the charismatic yet self-deluding traveling salesman whose arrival and revelations drive the tragic unraveling of illusions in Eugene O’Neill’s play "The Iceman Cometh."
- 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: Blackford Oakes Triple: [Blackford Oakes novels, mainCharacter, Blackford Oakes]
Generated description
Blackford Oakes is a fictional American CIA agent and Cold War spy created by William F. Buckley Jr.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blackford Oakes Target entity description: Blackford Oakes is a fictional American CIA agent and Cold War spy created by William F. Buckley Jr.
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A.
Bunk Moreland
Bunk Moreland is a seasoned, sharp-witted homicide detective in the Baltimore Police Department on the television series "The Wire," known for his loyalty, pragmatism, and complex moral compass.
-
B.
Isham Randolph
Isham Randolph was an 18th-century Virginia planter and sea captain, best known as the grandfather of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.
-
C.
Slimm Calhoun
Slimm Calhoun is an American rapper from Atlanta best known for his work with the Dungeon Family collective and his early-2000s solo material.
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D.
Joseph Hardin
Joseph Hardin was an American Revolutionary War officer and early frontier leader whose legacy is commemorated in several place names in the southeastern United States.
-
E.
Theodore Hickman
Theodore Hickman is the charismatic yet self-deluding traveling salesman whose arrival and revelations drive the tragic unraveling of illusions in Eugene O’Neill’s play "The Iceman Cometh."
- 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_69c687e68e748190baceb9298f32d3ed |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6ac0ece2081909c14accef90efd7c |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:10 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c6d5156e848190a6616497708d421c |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:05 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c6d6732d9c8190878b54902306b128 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:11 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c6d830ed6c8190a39126d97a5246d3 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:19 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:44 p.m.