Triple

T6875262
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American Gods E158656 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Technical Boy
Technical Boy is a modern deity in Neil Gaiman's "American Gods" who personifies technology, the internet, and contemporary digital culture.
E625827 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: Technical Boy | Statement: [American Gods, character, Technical Boy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Technical Boy
Context triple: [American Gods, character, Technical Boy]
  • A. Engineering Technician
    An Engineering Technician is a professionally recognized technical specialist who applies established engineering principles and practical skills to support the design, development, operation, and maintenance of engineering systems.
  • B. Technical Secretariat
    The Technical Secretariat is an administrative body responsible for providing expert, logistical, and operational support to an organization’s decision-making and implementation processes.
  • C. Engineer Branch
    The Engineer Branch is a military specialty responsible for combat engineering, construction, fortifications, and support to maneuver forces on the battlefield.
  • D. Electrical Experimenter
    Electrical Experimenter was an early 20th-century popular science and technology magazine that showcased cutting-edge electrical inventions and speculative ideas, helping lay the groundwork for modern science fiction.
  • E. Technical Services Program
    The Technical Services Program is a preservation initiative of the New York Landmarks Conservancy that provides expert architectural and conservation guidance to help maintain and restore historic buildings and landmarks.
  • 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: Technical Boy
Triple: [American Gods, character, Technical Boy]
Generated description
Technical Boy is a modern deity in Neil Gaiman's "American Gods" who personifies technology, the internet, and contemporary digital culture.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Technical Boy
Target entity description: Technical Boy is a modern deity in Neil Gaiman's "American Gods" who personifies technology, the internet, and contemporary digital culture.
  • A. Engineering Technician
    An Engineering Technician is a professionally recognized technical specialist who applies established engineering principles and practical skills to support the design, development, operation, and maintenance of engineering systems.
  • B. Technical Secretariat
    The Technical Secretariat is an administrative body responsible for providing expert, logistical, and operational support to an organization’s decision-making and implementation processes.
  • C. Engineer Branch
    The Engineer Branch is a military specialty responsible for combat engineering, construction, fortifications, and support to maneuver forces on the battlefield.
  • D. Electrical Experimenter
    Electrical Experimenter was an early 20th-century popular science and technology magazine that showcased cutting-edge electrical inventions and speculative ideas, helping lay the groundwork for modern science fiction.
  • E. Technical Services Program
    The Technical Services Program is a preservation initiative of the New York Landmarks Conservancy that provides expert architectural and conservation guidance to help maintain and restore historic buildings and landmarks.
  • 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_69c68832af1481908ce356e133ebaebe completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d8c9e7b481909079b0f1fb1bc217 completed March 27, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c742b66ca08190bed17fa3ab6733ef completed March 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7441117ec8190b9b355c474289010 completed March 28, 2026, 2:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c744a20bd481908a7c6aaa6383a68f completed March 28, 2026, 3:01 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:22 p.m.