Triple

T8244099
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Quitters, Inc. E192806 entity
Predicate featuresCharacter P626 FINISHED
Object Vic Donatti
Vic Donatti is the troubled protagonist of Stephen King’s short story “Quitters, Inc.,” a man who turns to a sinister company in a desperate attempt to stop smoking.
E726889 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: Vic Donatti | Statement: [Quitters, Inc., featuresCharacter, Vic Donatti]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vic Donatti
Context triple: [Quitters, Inc., featuresCharacter, Vic Donatti]
  • A. Vince Chiappetta
    Vince Chiappetta is an American running advocate and organizer best known as a co-founder of the New York City Marathon.
  • B. Vern Damico
    Vern Damico is a character in Norman Mailer’s nonfiction novel "The Executioner’s Song," which chronicles the life and execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore.
  • C. Rudy Pompilli
    Rudy Pompilli was an American saxophonist best known for his energetic performances and solos with the pioneering rock and roll band Bill Haley & His Comets.
  • D. Pete Ciarrocchi
    Pete Ciarrocchi is an American businessman best known as the founder of the Chickie’s & Pete’s sports bar chain and a prominent figure in Philadelphia’s sports and hospitality scene.
  • E. Charlie Dattolo
    Charlie Dattolo is a character from the television series "Girls," known as the on-and-off boyfriend of Marnie Michaels.
  • 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: Vic Donatti
Triple: [Quitters, Inc., featuresCharacter, Vic Donatti]
Generated description
Vic Donatti is the troubled protagonist of Stephen King’s short story “Quitters, Inc.,” a man who turns to a sinister company in a desperate attempt to stop smoking.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vic Donatti
Target entity description: Vic Donatti is the troubled protagonist of Stephen King’s short story “Quitters, Inc.,” a man who turns to a sinister company in a desperate attempt to stop smoking.
  • A. Vince Chiappetta
    Vince Chiappetta is an American running advocate and organizer best known as a co-founder of the New York City Marathon.
  • B. Vern Damico
    Vern Damico is a character in Norman Mailer’s nonfiction novel "The Executioner’s Song," which chronicles the life and execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore.
  • C. Rudy Pompilli
    Rudy Pompilli was an American saxophonist best known for his energetic performances and solos with the pioneering rock and roll band Bill Haley & His Comets.
  • D. Pete Ciarrocchi
    Pete Ciarrocchi is an American businessman best known as the founder of the Chickie’s & Pete’s sports bar chain and a prominent figure in Philadelphia’s sports and hospitality scene.
  • E. Charlie Dattolo
    Charlie Dattolo is a character from the television series "Girls," known as the on-and-off boyfriend of Marnie Michaels.
  • 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_69cb78711f5081909c2f357334491a07 completed March 31, 2026, 7:32 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cd94ec40a8819081655fee94614525 completed April 1, 2026, 9:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cdb20cc18081908269516e49ce0fd3 completed April 2, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cdb44ff9a88190bbcb4a56f9b44dc1 completed April 2, 2026, 12:12 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:47 p.m.