Triple
T11983962
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Scott Alexander |
E285229
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entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Scott Alexander
Scott Alexander is the pen name of an American psychiatrist and influential blogger best known for his long-form essays on psychology, rationality, politics, and culture on the blogs Slate Star Codex and Astral Codex Ten.
|
E958247
|
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: Scott Alexander | Statement: [Scott Alexander, name, Scott Alexander]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scott Alexander Context triple: [Scott Alexander, name, Scott Alexander]
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A.
Scott Alexander
Scott Alexander is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing biographical films such as "Ed Wood," "The People vs. Larry Flynt," and "Man on the Moon."
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B.
Peter Dvorsky
Peter Dvorsky was a Canadian actor known for his supporting roles in film and television, including appearances in genre works like David Cronenberg’s "Videodrome."
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C.
Jason Hart
Jason Hart is a former American professional basketball player who later became a college coach.
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D.
Andrew Largeman
Andrew Largeman is the introspective, emotionally numb young man who returns to his New Jersey hometown and confronts his past and relationships in the film "Garden State."
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E.
Robin Hanson
Robin Hanson is an American economist and futurist known for his work on prediction markets, social science, and thought-provoking analyses of topics like the Fermi paradox and future technologies.
- 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: Scott Alexander Triple: [Scott Alexander, name, Scott Alexander]
Generated description
Scott Alexander is the pen name of an American psychiatrist and influential blogger best known for his long-form essays on psychology, rationality, politics, and culture on the blogs Slate Star Codex and Astral Codex Ten.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scott Alexander Target entity description: Scott Alexander is the pen name of an American psychiatrist and influential blogger best known for his long-form essays on psychology, rationality, politics, and culture on the blogs Slate Star Codex and Astral Codex Ten.
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A.
Scott Alexander
Scott Alexander is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing biographical films such as "Ed Wood," "The People vs. Larry Flynt," and "Man on the Moon."
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B.
Peter Dvorsky
Peter Dvorsky was a Canadian actor known for his supporting roles in film and television, including appearances in genre works like David Cronenberg’s "Videodrome."
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C.
Jason Hart
Jason Hart is a former American professional basketball player who later became a college coach.
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D.
Andrew Largeman
Andrew Largeman is the introspective, emotionally numb young man who returns to his New Jersey hometown and confronts his past and relationships in the film "Garden State."
-
E.
Robin Hanson
Robin Hanson is an American economist and futurist known for his work on prediction markets, social science, and thought-provoking analyses of topics like the Fermi paradox and future technologies.
- 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_69d6ab44a77c8190a652f4b27164e4ef |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d903973c848190aac871d6dfecc74b |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f472286edc8190ac72d7dd2b646c91 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 9:28 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f47b7c5af08190ab0bff1232530a0c |
completed | May 1, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f47dd51e648190bddd41766221e22d |
completed | May 1, 2026, 10:17 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.