Triple
T16835427
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James M. Cain |
E409262
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entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
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FINISHED |
| Object |
James Mallahan Cain
James Mallahan Cain was an American novelist and journalist best known for his hardboiled crime fiction classics such as "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and "Double Indemnity."
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E1237392
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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: James Mallahan Cain | Statement: [James M. Cain, fullName, James Mallahan Cain]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Mallahan Cain Context triple: [James M. Cain, fullName, James Mallahan Cain]
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A.
Ron Cain
Ron Cain is a businessman best known for owning the Portland Pirates professional ice hockey team.
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B.
William Murphy
William Murphy is an American gospel singer, songwriter, and pastor known for his powerful worship music and influential role in contemporary gospel.
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C.
William Murphy
William Murphy was an early American automotive investor and entrepreneur best known for backing Henry Ford and helping to establish the Cadillac automobile brand.
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D.
Joseph Borden McKean
Joseph Borden McKean was an American lawyer and jurist who served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania in the early 19th century.
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E.
Daniel Leroy
Daniel Leroy is the middle name of American actor and producer Daniel Leroy Baldwin, one of the four Baldwin brothers known for their work in film and television.
- 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: James Mallahan Cain Triple: [James M. Cain, fullName, James Mallahan Cain]
Generated description
James Mallahan Cain was an American novelist and journalist best known for his hardboiled crime fiction classics such as "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and "Double Indemnity."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Mallahan Cain Target entity description: James Mallahan Cain was an American novelist and journalist best known for his hardboiled crime fiction classics such as "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and "Double Indemnity."
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A.
Ron Cain
Ron Cain is a businessman best known for owning the Portland Pirates professional ice hockey team.
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B.
William Murphy
William Murphy is an American gospel singer, songwriter, and pastor known for his powerful worship music and influential role in contemporary gospel.
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C.
William Murphy
William Murphy was an early American automotive investor and entrepreneur best known for backing Henry Ford and helping to establish the Cadillac automobile brand.
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D.
Joseph Borden McKean
Joseph Borden McKean was an American lawyer and jurist who served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania in the early 19th century.
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E.
Daniel Leroy
Daniel Leroy is the middle name of American actor and producer Daniel Leroy Baldwin, one of the four Baldwin brothers known for their work in film and television.
- 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_69d883952b048190887740a980b712ed |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:59 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3b31aa44c8190b4f402f1898e6998 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 4:36 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00bb15c9f48190a4d73bb08a15beb4 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:06 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00bc4cdf8481909ad45b9c66234c9b |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:11 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00bcfcb434819092b85ce1debb9be8 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:14 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:23 a.m.