Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Star Trek novels E161191 entity
Predicate hasContributor P4244 FINISHED
Object David Mack
David Mack is an American author best known for his numerous Star Trek tie-in novels and related science fiction works.
E632069 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: David Mack | Statement: [Star Trek novels, hasContributor, David Mack]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Mack
Context triple: [Star Trek novels, hasContributor, David Mack]
  • A. Alan Ford
    Alan Ford is a British character actor best known for his tough-guy and gangster roles in films by director Guy Ritchie.
  • B. Nick Meyer
    Nick Meyer is a film executive and producer known for his work on major studio projects, including the fantasy adventure film "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves."
  • C. Paul Darrow
    Paul Darrow was the son of famed American lawyer Clarence Darrow and a businessman who managed many of his father's financial affairs.
  • D. Brian MacDevitt
    Brian MacDevitt is a Tony Award–winning American lighting designer renowned for his work on numerous high-profile Broadway productions.
  • E. Charles Gunn
    Charles Gunn is a street-smart vampire hunter who becomes a key ally and member of Angel Investigations in the television series "Angel."
  • 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: David Mack
Triple: [Star Trek novels, hasContributor, David Mack]
Generated description
David Mack is an American author best known for his numerous Star Trek tie-in novels and related science fiction works.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Mack
Target entity description: David Mack is an American author best known for his numerous Star Trek tie-in novels and related science fiction works.
  • A. Alan Ford
    Alan Ford is a British character actor best known for his tough-guy and gangster roles in films by director Guy Ritchie.
  • B. Nick Meyer
    Nick Meyer is a film executive and producer known for his work on major studio projects, including the fantasy adventure film "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves."
  • C. Paul Darrow
    Paul Darrow was the son of famed American lawyer Clarence Darrow and a businessman who managed many of his father's financial affairs.
  • D. Brian MacDevitt
    Brian MacDevitt is a Tony Award–winning American lighting designer renowned for his work on numerous high-profile Broadway productions.
  • E. Charles Gunn
    Charles Gunn is a street-smart vampire hunter who becomes a key ally and member of Angel Investigations in the television series "Angel."
  • 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_69c68852a9a0819097797e31d492e273 completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6dacca12481908942ba793a104cc3 completed March 27, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7587ee1b08190b9f53ab7df4a4a58 completed March 28, 2026, 4:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c75a8998308190b99a11d5aaf7436b completed March 28, 2026, 4:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c75afddbf88190884d98e4b8a0c9eb completed March 28, 2026, 4:37 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:29 p.m.