Triple
T7675708
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Picador |
E173854
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableAuthor |
P4290
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Bret Easton Ellis |
E349906
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Bret Easton Ellis | Statement: [Picador, notableAuthor, Bret Easton Ellis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bret Easton Ellis Context triple: [Picador, notableAuthor, Bret Easton Ellis]
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A.
Bret Easton Ellis
chosen
Bret Easton Ellis is an American novelist and screenwriter known for his transgressive, minimalist fiction exploring alienation and excess, including works like "Less Than Zero" and "American Psycho."
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B.
Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt is an American novelist best known for her intricately plotted, literary thrillers such as "The Secret History," "The Little Friend," and the Pulitzer Prize–winning "The Goldfinch."
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C.
Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem is an American novelist known for blending literary fiction with genre elements such as science fiction, detective stories, and pop culture, in works like "Motherless Brooklyn" and "The Fortress of Solitude."
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D.
James Ellroy
James Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer renowned for his dark, intricately plotted L.A. Quartet novels and his stylized, staccato prose.
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E.
Nicholson Baker
Nicholson Baker is an American novelist and essayist known for his meticulous attention to everyday detail, inventive prose style, and works such as "The Mezzanine" and "Vox."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c6995703e0819081de77361b602e78 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c701e333f08190a9ee87080c6d0118 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c8a23ba62881908fcdcf2ffcf6d41d |
completed | March 29, 2026, 3:53 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:01 p.m.