Triple
T8135426
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Howard Fast |
E189957
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Winston Affair
The Winston Affair is a lesser-known historical novel by American writer Howard Fast, who is best known for works like Spartacus and Citizen Tom Paine.
|
E714195
|
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: The Winston Affair | Statement: [Howard Fast, notableWork, The Winston Affair]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Winston Affair Context triple: [Howard Fast, notableWork, The Winston Affair]
-
A.
September Affair
"September Affair" is a 1950 romantic drama film best known for its poignant story of two lovers who seize a second chance at life after being mistakenly reported dead.
-
B.
The Bottletop Affair
The Bottletop Affair is a story by British author John Mortimer featuring his comic barrister character Horace Rumpole, later adapted into the film "The Horizontal Lieutenant."
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C.
Panther Affair
The Panther Affair was a 1911 international crisis between Germany and France over Morocco that heightened tensions among the European powers in the years leading up to World War I.
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D.
The Buenos Aires Affair
The Buenos Aires Affair is a 1973 experimental crime and psychological novel by Argentine writer Manuel Puig that blends pop culture, psychoanalysis, and political undercurrents in a fragmented narrative set in Buenos Aires.
-
E.
The Wilby Conspiracy
The Wilby Conspiracy is a 1975 political thriller film set in apartheid-era South Africa, starring Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine and directed by Ralph Nelson.
- 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: The Winston Affair Triple: [Howard Fast, notableWork, The Winston Affair]
Generated description
The Winston Affair is a lesser-known historical novel by American writer Howard Fast, who is best known for works like Spartacus and Citizen Tom Paine.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Winston Affair Target entity description: The Winston Affair is a lesser-known historical novel by American writer Howard Fast, who is best known for works like Spartacus and Citizen Tom Paine.
-
A.
September Affair
"September Affair" is a 1950 romantic drama film best known for its poignant story of two lovers who seize a second chance at life after being mistakenly reported dead.
-
B.
The Bottletop Affair
The Bottletop Affair is a story by British author John Mortimer featuring his comic barrister character Horace Rumpole, later adapted into the film "The Horizontal Lieutenant."
-
C.
Panther Affair
The Panther Affair was a 1911 international crisis between Germany and France over Morocco that heightened tensions among the European powers in the years leading up to World War I.
-
D.
The Buenos Aires Affair
The Buenos Aires Affair is a 1973 experimental crime and psychological novel by Argentine writer Manuel Puig that blends pop culture, psychoanalysis, and political undercurrents in a fragmented narrative set in Buenos Aires.
-
E.
The Wilby Conspiracy
The Wilby Conspiracy is a 1975 political thriller film set in apartheid-era South Africa, starring Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine and directed by Ralph Nelson.
- 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_69ca82bcb4848190a9a9d036ad768642 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb43fff6e0819086c95b571272b50c |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:48 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cc949065248190b67ba7aa2688903e |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cc95c180188190a2d541e8ea9a4c57 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:49 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cc970cf55c8190abf432ac68d6bbc3 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:54 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:35 p.m.