Triple

T17353974
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Walter Kerr E421886 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The New York Times theatre criticism
The New York Times theatre criticism refers to Walter Kerr’s influential body of reviews and essays for the newspaper, which helped shape mid-20th-century American theatre discourse and taste.
E513688 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: The New York Times theatre criticism | Statement: [Walter Kerr, notableWork, The New York Times theatre criticism]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The New York Times theatre criticism
Context triple: [Walter Kerr, notableWork, The New York Times theatre criticism]
  • A. New York theatre reviews
    New York theatre reviews are critical assessments of stage productions in New York City, historically influential in shaping public opinion and theatrical reputations, particularly through the work of prominent critics like Alexander Woollcott.
  • B. On-Broadway column
    The On-Broadway column was Walter Winchell’s influential newspaper gossip and news column that helped pioneer modern celebrity journalism and shaped American popular culture in the mid-20th century.
  • C. The New York Times Book Review
    The New York Times Book Review is a long-running, influential weekly literary supplement that publishes reviews, essays, and curated book lists that help shape contemporary reading and publishing trends.
  • D. All the Critics in New York
    "All the Critics in New York" is a track featured on Prince’s 1996 compilation album "Girl 6," known for its funky, experimental sound and commentary on New York’s cultural scene.
  • E. The New York Observer
    The New York Observer is a New York City–based weekly newspaper and online publication known for its coverage of local politics, media, culture, and real estate.
  • 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: The New York Times theatre criticism
Triple: [Walter Kerr, notableWork, The New York Times theatre criticism]
Generated description
The New York Times theatre criticism refers to Walter Kerr’s influential body of reviews and essays for the newspaper, which helped shape mid-20th-century American theatre discourse and taste.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The New York Times theatre criticism
Target entity description: The New York Times theatre criticism refers to Walter Kerr’s influential body of reviews and essays for the newspaper, which helped shape mid-20th-century American theatre discourse and taste.
  • A. New York theatre reviews chosen
    New York theatre reviews are critical assessments of stage productions in New York City, historically influential in shaping public opinion and theatrical reputations, particularly through the work of prominent critics like Alexander Woollcott.
  • B. On-Broadway column
    The On-Broadway column was Walter Winchell’s influential newspaper gossip and news column that helped pioneer modern celebrity journalism and shaped American popular culture in the mid-20th century.
  • C. The New York Times Book Review
    The New York Times Book Review is a long-running, influential weekly literary supplement that publishes reviews, essays, and curated book lists that help shape contemporary reading and publishing trends.
  • D. All the Critics in New York
    "All the Critics in New York" is a track featured on Prince’s 1996 compilation album "Girl 6," known for its funky, experimental sound and commentary on New York’s cultural scene.
  • E. The New York Observer
    The New York Observer is a New York City–based weekly newspaper and online publication known for its coverage of local politics, media, culture, and real estate.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d889d520008190a26917a95bf1c2ea completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e43a2e660c81908700aed5c42e9043 completed April 19, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01955a50dc819090c1a0ec111d9fc0 completed May 11, 2026, 8:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a019b7ab6bc8190843e2c6c7f2007d7 completed May 11, 2026, 9:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a019c53d8b0819083f380693943f881 completed May 11, 2026, 9:07 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:44 a.m.