Triple

T9340655
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nite Owl II E224755 entity
Predicate predecessorRealName P87613 FINISHED
Object Hollis Mason
Hollis Mason is the original Nite Owl, a retired costumed vigilante and former police officer from the Watchmen universe who later chronicles his experiences in a memoir.
E792670 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Hollis Mason | Statement: [Nite Owl II, predecessorRealName, Hollis Mason]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hollis Mason
Context triple: [Nite Owl II, predecessorRealName, Hollis Mason]
  • A. Hollis Barton
    Hollis Barton is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the apocalyptic Christian thriller film "The Omega Code."
  • B. Hollis
    Hollis is a residential neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Queens.
  • C. Hollis
    Hollis is a given name used as the middle name of American politician John H. Bankhead.
  • D. Hollis
    Hollis is the surname of American hip-hop producer and rapper Hit-Boy, known for crafting chart-topping tracks for major artists across the genre.
  • E. Dill Harris
    Dill Harris is a curious and imaginative friend of Scout and Jem Finch in Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird," symbolizing childhood innocence and fascination with the mysterious Boo Radley.
  • 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: Hollis Mason
Triple: [Nite Owl II, predecessorRealName, Hollis Mason]
Generated description
Hollis Mason is the original Nite Owl, a retired costumed vigilante and former police officer from the Watchmen universe who later chronicles his experiences in a memoir.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hollis Mason
Target entity description: Hollis Mason is the original Nite Owl, a retired costumed vigilante and former police officer from the Watchmen universe who later chronicles his experiences in a memoir.
  • A. Hollis Barton
    Hollis Barton is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the apocalyptic Christian thriller film "The Omega Code."
  • B. Hollis
    Hollis is a residential neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Queens.
  • C. Hollis
    Hollis is a given name used as the middle name of American politician John H. Bankhead.
  • D. Hollis
    Hollis is the surname of American hip-hop producer and rapper Hit-Boy, known for crafting chart-topping tracks for major artists across the genre.
  • E. Dill Harris
    Dill Harris is a curious and imaginative friend of Scout and Jem Finch in Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird," symbolizing childhood innocence and fascination with the mysterious Boo Radley.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: predecessorRealName
Context triple: [Nite Owl II, predecessorRealName, Hollis Mason]
  • A. predecessorName
    Indicates that the value is the name of an entity that directly precedes another in an ordered sequence or lineage.
  • B. predecessor
    Indicates that one entity comes before another in an ordered sequence or succession.
  • C. predecessorCEO
    Indicates that one person previously held the position of CEO before another specific person.
  • D. predecessorInMyth
    Indicates that one mythological figure, story, or element chronologically or narratively comes before and influences or sets the stage for another within a mythic tradition.
  • E. predecessorAvatar
    Indicates that one avatar existed or was used before another avatar in a temporal or version sequence.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69ca84286fcc81909f6e7fd7a7e862a2 completed March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd4bae2e2481909effc2dc89a642c5 completed April 1, 2026, 4:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d0e3f94ab88190a4c5a9129bd2ca14 completed April 4, 2026, 10:12 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0e573af788190be4baaa3afb87ca2 completed April 4, 2026, 10:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d0e607944c81909a421828595cd793 completed April 4, 2026, 10:20 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69cc7a66aef08190b8d668cff5b04f5f completed April 1, 2026, 1:52 a.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69cc94b796788190816b71b1e9996288 completed April 1, 2026, 3:44 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:40 p.m.