Triple
T8578658
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
E203111
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Brandon Sanderson |
E612028
|
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: Brandon Sanderson | Statement: [Patrick Nielsen Hayden, influenced, Brandon Sanderson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brandon Sanderson Context triple: [Patrick Nielsen Hayden, influenced, Brandon Sanderson]
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A.
Brandon Sanderson
chosen
Brandon Sanderson is a prolific American fantasy and science fiction author best known for his intricate magic systems, expansive Cosmere universe, and completion of Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series.
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B.
Grant Thompson
Grant Thompson is a screenwriter best known for his work on the inspirational sports drama film "McFarland, USA."
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C.
Brent Weeks
Brent Weeks is an American fantasy author best known for his popular series such as *The Night Angel Trilogy* and *Lightbringer*.
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D.
Robert Jordan
Robert Jordan is a political figure who ran as a candidate in San Francisco’s 2019 mayoral election.
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E.
Robert Jordan
Robert Jordan is the American dynamiter and Spanish Civil War volunteer who serves as the idealistic yet introspective protagonist of Ernest Hemingway’s novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls."
- 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_69ca8328ebe481909a8c038fa79959b4 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbea989bec81909b8c8b4af7c568ff |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce89a5d18c81908a21cf5e5944d6e1 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:22 p.m.