Triple
T6828714
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Ethicist |
E157081
|
entity |
| Predicate | firstColumnAuthor |
P51577
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Randy Cohen
Randy Cohen is an American writer and humorist best known for his long-running role as the original author of The New York Times Magazine’s ethics advice column, “The Ethicist.”
|
E622153
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Randy Cohen | Statement: [The Ethicist, firstColumnAuthor, Randy Cohen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Randy Cohen Context triple: [The Ethicist, firstColumnAuthor, Randy Cohen]
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A.
Jon Cohen
Jon Cohen is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the science fiction film "Minority Report."
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B.
Bennett Rosenthal
Bennett Rosenthal is an American businessman and private equity executive best known as a co-owner of the Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC.
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C.
Stephen Oremus
Stephen Oremus is a Tony Award–winning American music director, arranger, and orchestrator known for his work on major Broadway musicals such as Kinky Boots, The Book of Mormon, and Wicked.
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D.
Richard Appel
Richard Appel is an American television writer and producer best known for his work on animated series such as The Simpsons, King of the Hill, and Family Guy.
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E.
Mark Levine
Mark Levine is an American politician and public servant who serves as the borough president of Manhattan in New York City.
- 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: Randy Cohen Triple: [The Ethicist, firstColumnAuthor, Randy Cohen]
Generated description
Randy Cohen is an American writer and humorist best known for his long-running role as the original author of The New York Times Magazine’s ethics advice column, “The Ethicist.”
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Randy Cohen Target entity description: Randy Cohen is an American writer and humorist best known for his long-running role as the original author of The New York Times Magazine’s ethics advice column, “The Ethicist.”
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A.
Jon Cohen
Jon Cohen is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the science fiction film "Minority Report."
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B.
Bennett Rosenthal
Bennett Rosenthal is an American businessman and private equity executive best known as a co-owner of the Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC.
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C.
Stephen Oremus
Stephen Oremus is a Tony Award–winning American music director, arranger, and orchestrator known for his work on major Broadway musicals such as Kinky Boots, The Book of Mormon, and Wicked.
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D.
Richard Appel
Richard Appel is an American television writer and producer best known for his work on animated series such as The Simpsons, King of the Hill, and Family Guy.
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E.
Mark Levine
Mark Levine is an American politician and public servant who serves as the borough president of Manhattan in New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: firstColumnAuthor Context triple: [The Ethicist, firstColumnAuthor, Randy Cohen]
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A.
firstPublicationAuthorName
Indicates the name of the author who wrote the work’s first published edition.
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B.
authorTitle
chosen
Indicates that a person is the creator or writer of a work that bears the specified title.
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C.
editorOfFirstBookPublication
Indicates that a person or entity served as the editor for the first published edition of a specific book.
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D.
firstContributor
Indicates that the subject is the earliest or initial contributor to the object within a given context or project.
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E.
firstToAuthorize
Indicates that one entity is the earliest or initial party to grant approval, permission, or authorization for a particular action or arrangement relative to others.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69c6882a5b5c8190917a7db9ed36bad1 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d6254bd88190a2a424537c2c12e2 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:10 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c723f49bdc8190af39b34dbaf3f0c9 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c724d7f0308190abb494ea663ceeb9 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c72568866c8190bf88a02e566d5c3a |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:48 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69c6d09d95f0819091ca7f897dc21efe |
completed | March 27, 2026, 6:46 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:18 p.m.