Triple
T8640239
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Live by Night |
E204625
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Joe Coughlin
Joe Coughlin is a Prohibition-era World War I veteran who becomes a Boston outlaw and rum-running gangster in Dennis Lehane’s crime novel "Live by Night."
|
E746563
|
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: Joe Coughlin | Statement: [Live by Night, mainCharacter, Joe Coughlin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joe Coughlin Context triple: [Live by Night, mainCharacter, Joe Coughlin]
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A.
Steve Spagnuolo
Steve Spagnuolo is an American football coach best known as a defensive mastermind in the NFL, including coordinating multiple Super Bowl–winning defenses.
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B.
Bill O'Brien
Bill O'Brien is a fictional political rival character in the television series "Veep," opposing protagonist Selina Meyer in her pursuit of power.
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C.
Mike Pettine
Mike Pettine is an American football coach best known for his defensive expertise in the NFL, including serving as a defensive coordinator and head coach for multiple teams.
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D.
Tom Coughlin
Tom Coughlin is an American football coach best known for leading the New York Giants to two Super Bowl championships.
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E.
John Tusa
John Tusa is a British arts administrator, broadcaster, and former managing director of the BBC World Service and the Barbican Centre.
- 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: Joe Coughlin Triple: [Live by Night, mainCharacter, Joe Coughlin]
Generated description
Joe Coughlin is a Prohibition-era World War I veteran who becomes a Boston outlaw and rum-running gangster in Dennis Lehane’s crime novel "Live by Night."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joe Coughlin Target entity description: Joe Coughlin is a Prohibition-era World War I veteran who becomes a Boston outlaw and rum-running gangster in Dennis Lehane’s crime novel "Live by Night."
-
A.
Steve Spagnuolo
Steve Spagnuolo is an American football coach best known as a defensive mastermind in the NFL, including coordinating multiple Super Bowl–winning defenses.
-
B.
Bill O'Brien
Bill O'Brien is a fictional political rival character in the television series "Veep," opposing protagonist Selina Meyer in her pursuit of power.
-
C.
Mike Pettine
Mike Pettine is an American football coach best known for his defensive expertise in the NFL, including serving as a defensive coordinator and head coach for multiple teams.
-
D.
Tom Coughlin
Tom Coughlin is an American football coach best known for leading the New York Giants to two Super Bowl championships.
-
E.
John Tusa
John Tusa is a British arts administrator, broadcaster, and former managing director of the BBC World Service and the Barbican Centre.
- 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_69ca834ca1c88190a11ffb0200342fac |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc47944d1c819081f448f14d04bf9d |
completed | March 31, 2026, 10:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cebc340528819085c80b69d6d32a34 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 6:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cebcdb197881908eeb6c5e4b225a2c |
completed | April 2, 2026, 7 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cebd85ad8481909518afd02dbc5358 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 7:03 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:28 p.m.