Triple

T9592299
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Farrar, Straus and Giroux E231448 entity
Predicate hasPublished P80 FINISHED
Object John McPhee
John McPhee is an American writer and pioneer of creative nonfiction, renowned for his deeply reported books and long-form essays often published in The New Yorker.
E809489 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: John McPhee | Statement: [Farrar, Straus and Giroux, hasPublished, John McPhee]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John McPhee
Context triple: [Farrar, Straus and Giroux, hasPublished, John McPhee]
  • A. Tracy Kidder
    Tracy Kidder is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his narrative nonfiction works such as "The Soul of a New Machine" and "Mountains Beyond Mountains."
  • B. J. Anthony Lukas
    J. Anthony Lukas was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist and author renowned for his deeply reported narrative nonfiction on social and political issues.
  • C. Lawrence Wright
    Lawrence Wright is an American journalist, author, and screenwriter best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative nonfiction works on topics such as terrorism and Scientology.
  • D. David Ignatius
    David Ignatius is an American journalist and novelist known for his espionage thrillers and long-running foreign affairs column in The Washington Post.
  • E. David Grann
    David Grann is an American journalist and bestselling author known for his meticulously researched narrative nonfiction works such as "The Lost City of Z" and "Killers of the Flower Moon."
  • 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: John McPhee
Triple: [Farrar, Straus and Giroux, hasPublished, John McPhee]
Generated description
John McPhee is an American writer and pioneer of creative nonfiction, renowned for his deeply reported books and long-form essays often published in The New Yorker.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John McPhee
Target entity description: John McPhee is an American writer and pioneer of creative nonfiction, renowned for his deeply reported books and long-form essays often published in The New Yorker.
  • A. Tracy Kidder
    Tracy Kidder is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his narrative nonfiction works such as "The Soul of a New Machine" and "Mountains Beyond Mountains."
  • B. J. Anthony Lukas
    J. Anthony Lukas was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist and author renowned for his deeply reported narrative nonfiction on social and political issues.
  • C. Lawrence Wright
    Lawrence Wright is an American journalist, author, and screenwriter best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative nonfiction works on topics such as terrorism and Scientology.
  • D. David Ignatius
    David Ignatius is an American journalist and novelist known for his espionage thrillers and long-running foreign affairs column in The Washington Post.
  • E. David Grann
    David Grann is an American journalist and bestselling author known for his meticulously researched narrative nonfiction works such as "The Lost City of Z" and "Killers of the Flower Moon."
  • 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_69ca8482884481908eccdfdf64d6fbf7 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9a11ec7081908dc580de2f369706 completed April 1, 2026, 10:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1618dfb688190bddd93c51bb6df41 completed April 4, 2026, 7:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d165c365988190a751703b631a66be completed April 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d16698b4ec8190b3b8a2432e65d8e8 completed April 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:07 p.m.