Triple

T18207405
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Crash E435941 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object James Ballard
James Ballard is the protagonist of J.G. Ballard’s novel "Crash," a character whose obsession with car accidents explores the dark intersections of technology, sexuality, and violence.
E1316466 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 Ballard | Statement: [Crash, mainCharacter, James Ballard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Ballard
Context triple: [Crash, mainCharacter, James Ballard]
  • A. Russ Ballard
    Russ Ballard is an English singer, songwriter, and musician best known for writing hit songs for artists like Argent, Rainbow, and Kiss, as well as for his own solo work.
  • B. James William Ballard
    James William Ballard is an actor known for appearing in the action film "Expend4bles."
  • C. Paul Ballard
    Paul Ballard is a determined FBI agent in the television series "Dollhouse" who becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind the mysterious Dollhouse organization.
  • D. Martin Boddey
    Martin Boddey was a British character actor known for his frequent supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television, often portraying authority figures such as policemen and officials.
  • E. John Paddock
    John Paddock was an archaeologist known for his work on Mesoamerican sites, including significant excavations at the Zapotec site of Lambityeco in Oaxaca, Mexico.
  • 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 Ballard
Triple: [Crash, mainCharacter, James Ballard]
Generated description
James Ballard is the protagonist of J.G. Ballard’s novel "Crash," a character whose obsession with car accidents explores the dark intersections of technology, sexuality, and violence.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Ballard
Target entity description: James Ballard is the protagonist of J.G. Ballard’s novel "Crash," a character whose obsession with car accidents explores the dark intersections of technology, sexuality, and violence.
  • A. Russ Ballard
    Russ Ballard is an English singer, songwriter, and musician best known for writing hit songs for artists like Argent, Rainbow, and Kiss, as well as for his own solo work.
  • B. James William Ballard
    James William Ballard is an actor known for appearing in the action film "Expend4bles."
  • C. Paul Ballard
    Paul Ballard is a determined FBI agent in the television series "Dollhouse" who becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind the mysterious Dollhouse organization.
  • D. Martin Boddey
    Martin Boddey was a British character actor known for his frequent supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television, often portraying authority figures such as policemen and officials.
  • E. John Paddock
    John Paddock was an archaeologist known for his work on Mesoamerican sites, including significant excavations at the Zapotec site of Lambityeco in Oaxaca, Mexico.
  • 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_69d8b90dba6481908e119eb9aa4ca0cb completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4e2243de081908a5bcc7e2072eae7 completed April 19, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03bb46f9048190b5d95b32e1a92703 completed May 12, 2026, 11:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03bbe8e5148190ac3f0c247455cac0 completed May 12, 2026, 11:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03bc66f81c8190bd47405d92e6547e completed May 12, 2026, 11:48 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:32 a.m.