Triple
T9994140
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Expressman and the Detective |
E196958
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Allan Pinkerton |
E38452
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Allan Pinkerton | Statement: [The Expressman and the Detective, author, Allan Pinkerton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Allan Pinkerton Context triple: [The Expressman and the Detective, author, Allan Pinkerton]
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A.
Allan Pinkerton
chosen
Allan Pinkerton was a 19th-century Scottish-American detective and spy who founded one of the first and most influential private detective agencies in the United States.
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B.
Percy Pinkerton
Percy Pinkerton is a British soldier and member of Marvel Comics’ Howling Commandos, known for his dapper appearance, bowler hat, and fighting alongside Nick Fury during World War II.
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C.
George A. Soper
George A. Soper was an American sanitary engineer and public health official, best known for his work in epidemiology and his role in founding the American Cancer Society.
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D.
Alfred Borden
Alfred Borden is a brilliant but secretive Victorian-era stage magician whose obsessive rivalry and extreme dedication to his craft drive the central mystery and tragedy of "The Prestige."
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E.
Isaac Parker
Isaac Parker was a 19th-century Texas legislator and early settler whose influence in the region led to a county being named in his honor.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca82f1678c819093d06320a05f16a4 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdcb982d5c81909779c6e9d780b399 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:51 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d2582ac03481908e76c10218f419d5 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 12:40 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:50 p.m.