Triple
T9480278
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Kagan |
E228617
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Norman Kagan
Norman Kagan was an American film critic and author known for his writings on cinema and popular culture.
|
E812819
|
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: Norman Kagan | Statement: [Kagan, hasNotableBearer, Norman Kagan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Kagan Context triple: [Kagan, hasNotableBearer, Norman Kagan]
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A.
Sidney B. Kramer
Sidney B. Kramer was an American publisher best known as a co-founder of the mass-market paperback company Bantam Books.
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B.
John L. Friedman
John L. Friedman is an American theoretical physicist known for his contributions to relativistic astrophysics and gravitational physics, including work on instabilities in rotating stars.
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C.
Milton Shulman
Milton Shulman was a Canadian-born British theatre, film, and television critic best known for his long tenure at the London Evening Standard and his influential writings on popular culture.
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D.
Edward A. Garmatz
Edward A. Garmatz was a long-serving U.S. Congressman from Maryland who represented Baltimore in the House of Representatives in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Neil A. Machlis
Neil A. Machlis is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood comedies, including the classic road-trip film "Planes, Trains and Automobiles."
- 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: Norman Kagan Triple: [Kagan, hasNotableBearer, Norman Kagan]
Generated description
Norman Kagan was an American film critic and author known for his writings on cinema and popular culture.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Kagan Target entity description: Norman Kagan was an American film critic and author known for his writings on cinema and popular culture.
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A.
Sidney B. Kramer
Sidney B. Kramer was an American publisher best known as a co-founder of the mass-market paperback company Bantam Books.
-
B.
John L. Friedman
John L. Friedman is an American theoretical physicist known for his contributions to relativistic astrophysics and gravitational physics, including work on instabilities in rotating stars.
-
C.
Milton Shulman
Milton Shulman was a Canadian-born British theatre, film, and television critic best known for his long tenure at the London Evening Standard and his influential writings on popular culture.
-
D.
Edward A. Garmatz
Edward A. Garmatz was a long-serving U.S. Congressman from Maryland who represented Baltimore in the House of Representatives in the mid-20th century.
-
E.
Neil A. Machlis
Neil A. Machlis is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood comedies, including the classic road-trip film "Planes, Trains and Automobiles."
- 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_69ca84730a5081908de282651019bf2f |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:10 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd8016813881908dafc026779c89c4 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 8:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d189e601508190b116fca9854057bc |
completed | April 4, 2026, 10 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d18aee8ef8819080ce061f3d145712 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 10:04 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d18b34d14881909b8da862c12f8727 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 10:05 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:54 p.m.