Triple
T8685165
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Hucksters |
E206138
|
entity |
| Predicate | basedOnAuthor |
P2806
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Frederic Wakeman Sr.
Frederic Wakeman Sr. was an American novelist best known for his sharp, satirical depictions of postwar American business and advertising culture.
|
E751318
|
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: Frederic Wakeman Sr. | Statement: [The Hucksters, basedOnAuthor, Frederic Wakeman Sr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederic Wakeman Sr. Context triple: [The Hucksters, basedOnAuthor, Frederic Wakeman Sr.]
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A.
Stanley G. Payne
Stanley G. Payne is an American historian renowned for his influential scholarship on fascism, Spanish history, and European authoritarian regimes in the 20th century.
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B.
Geoffrey Lloyd
Geoffrey Lloyd was a British Conservative politician who served in several ministerial roles in the mid-20th century, particularly in areas related to energy and industry.
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C.
Richard Pakenham
Richard Pakenham was a 19th-century British diplomat best known for his role in negotiating Anglo-American boundary disputes, including the settlement of the Oregon boundary question.
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D.
Sir John H. Plumb
Sir John H. Plumb was a prominent 20th-century British historian renowned for his influential works on 18th-century Britain and his role in shaping modern historical scholarship.
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E.
Kenneth H. Jackson
Kenneth H. Jackson was a prominent 20th-century British linguist and historian renowned for his pioneering research on the history and development of the Celtic languages.
- 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: Frederic Wakeman Sr. Triple: [The Hucksters, basedOnAuthor, Frederic Wakeman Sr.]
Generated description
Frederic Wakeman Sr. was an American novelist best known for his sharp, satirical depictions of postwar American business and advertising culture.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederic Wakeman Sr. Target entity description: Frederic Wakeman Sr. was an American novelist best known for his sharp, satirical depictions of postwar American business and advertising culture.
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A.
Stanley G. Payne
Stanley G. Payne is an American historian renowned for his influential scholarship on fascism, Spanish history, and European authoritarian regimes in the 20th century.
-
B.
Geoffrey Lloyd
Geoffrey Lloyd was a British Conservative politician who served in several ministerial roles in the mid-20th century, particularly in areas related to energy and industry.
-
C.
Richard Pakenham
Richard Pakenham was a 19th-century British diplomat best known for his role in negotiating Anglo-American boundary disputes, including the settlement of the Oregon boundary question.
-
D.
Sir John H. Plumb
Sir John H. Plumb was a prominent 20th-century British historian renowned for his influential works on 18th-century Britain and his role in shaping modern historical scholarship.
-
E.
Kenneth H. Jackson
Kenneth H. Jackson was a prominent 20th-century British linguist and historian renowned for his pioneering research on the history and development of the Celtic languages.
- 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_69ca835379688190aa06b9d98e684d58 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc4aeae740819099093906ccc5f640 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 10:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cef3cd888c81909fb1ece99988db36 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 10:55 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cef521010081908815779c0bd2aac9 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 11 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cef727ea088190bf40eaf5424ae864 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 11:09 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:32 p.m.