Triple
T7393718
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A Civil Action |
E170567
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Jan Schlichtmann
Jan Schlichtmann is a real-life American lawyer best known for his high-profile environmental pollution lawsuit against major corporations, which was dramatized in the book and film "A Civil Action."
|
E690711
|
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: Jan Schlichtmann | Statement: [A Civil Action, mainCharacter, Jan Schlichtmann]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jan Schlichtmann Context triple: [A Civil Action, mainCharacter, Jan Schlichtmann]
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A.
Benno Levin
Benno Levin is a mysterious, mentally unstable stalker and would-be assassin who obsessively pursues billionaire asset manager Eric Packer in Don DeLillo’s novel "Cosmopolis."
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B.
Mendel Rosenblum
Mendel Rosenblum is a computer scientist and Stanford professor best known as a co-founder and chief architect of VMware and a pioneer in virtualization technology.
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C.
Leon Schiller
Leon Schiller was a prominent Polish theater and film director, critic, and theoretician, regarded as one of the key figures in 20th-century Polish performing arts.
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D.
Yehuda Hoffman
Yehuda Hoffman is an astrophysicist known for his work in cosmology and large-scale structure, including helping identify and characterize the Laniakea Supercluster.
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E.
Michael Waldstein
Michael Waldstein is a Catholic theologian and scholar best known for his authoritative English translation and commentary on Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body.
- 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: Jan Schlichtmann Triple: [A Civil Action, mainCharacter, Jan Schlichtmann]
Generated description
Jan Schlichtmann is a real-life American lawyer best known for his high-profile environmental pollution lawsuit against major corporations, which was dramatized in the book and film "A Civil Action."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jan Schlichtmann Target entity description: Jan Schlichtmann is a real-life American lawyer best known for his high-profile environmental pollution lawsuit against major corporations, which was dramatized in the book and film "A Civil Action."
-
A.
Benno Levin
Benno Levin is a mysterious, mentally unstable stalker and would-be assassin who obsessively pursues billionaire asset manager Eric Packer in Don DeLillo’s novel "Cosmopolis."
-
B.
Mendel Rosenblum
Mendel Rosenblum is a computer scientist and Stanford professor best known as a co-founder and chief architect of VMware and a pioneer in virtualization technology.
-
C.
Leon Schiller
Leon Schiller was a prominent Polish theater and film director, critic, and theoretician, regarded as one of the key figures in 20th-century Polish performing arts.
-
D.
Yehuda Hoffman
Yehuda Hoffman is an astrophysicist known for his work in cosmology and large-scale structure, including helping identify and characterize the Laniakea Supercluster.
-
E.
Michael Waldstein
Michael Waldstein is a Catholic theologian and scholar best known for his authoritative English translation and commentary on Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body.
- 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_69c68a5e2c9081909e713ce866e0060a |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f2263b48819089319a2a2f0d3357 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c941f469c881908e83cfd6c8191af1 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 3:15 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c945f81a708190a5c83f0f6a8f6a71 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 3:32 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c9466cb89c8190ae4a045290d1964a |
completed | March 29, 2026, 3:34 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:09 p.m.