Triple

T8242899
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Tommyknockers E192777 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object Ev Hillman
Ev Hillman is a character in Stephen King’s science fiction-horror novel "The Tommyknockers," involved in the eerie events surrounding the discovery of a buried alien spacecraft in the town of Haven, Maine.
 E721689 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: Ev Hillman | Statement: [The Tommyknockers, hasCharacter, Ev Hillman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ev Hillman
Context triple: [The Tommyknockers, hasCharacter, Ev Hillman]
  • A. Bob Hilliard
    Bob Hilliard was an American lyricist known for writing popular songs for films and Broadway during the mid-20th century.
  • B. David Hilliard
    David Hilliard is an American activist and former chief of staff of the Black Panther Party, known for his prominent role in the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
  • C. Art Hill
    Art Hill is a prominent sloping lawn and gathering area in front of the Saint Louis Art Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, known for its scenic views and public events.
  • D. Ian Hill
    Ian Hill is an English bassist best known as a founding member of the heavy metal band Judas Priest.
  • E. Steve Hilliard
    Steve Hilliard is a character in the romantic comedy film "The Opposite Sex."
  • 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: Ev Hillman
Triple: [The Tommyknockers, hasCharacter, Ev Hillman]
Generated description
Ev Hillman is a character in Stephen King’s science fiction-horror novel "The Tommyknockers," involved in the eerie events surrounding the discovery of a buried alien spacecraft in the town of Haven, Maine.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ev Hillman
Target entity description: Ev Hillman is a character in Stephen King’s science fiction-horror novel "The Tommyknockers," involved in the eerie events surrounding the discovery of a buried alien spacecraft in the town of Haven, Maine.
  • A. Bob Hilliard
    Bob Hilliard was an American lyricist known for writing popular songs for films and Broadway during the mid-20th century.
  • B. David Hilliard
    David Hilliard is an American activist and former chief of staff of the Black Panther Party, known for his prominent role in the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
  • C. Art Hill
    Art Hill is a prominent sloping lawn and gathering area in front of the Saint Louis Art Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, known for its scenic views and public events.
  • D. Ian Hill
    Ian Hill is an English bassist best known as a founding member of the heavy metal band Judas Priest.
  • E. Steve Hilliard
    Steve Hilliard is a character in the romantic comedy film "The Opposite Sex."
  • 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_69ca82de7b8c81908d8106f8a53cff9b completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb786f65708190a92ec282b280c813 completed March 31, 2026, 7:31 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cd3521bfb48190935fe82a1f768adc completed April 1, 2026, 3:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cd37a5d3bc8190801b1b0f09eee462 completed April 1, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cd4edfda788190a29f5d9a7a61f6ed completed April 1, 2026, 4:59 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:47 p.m.