Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Lifespan of a Fact (stage play) E437364 entity
Predicate basedOnWorkBy P2806 FINISHED
Object John D’Agata
John D’Agata is an American essayist and nonfiction writer known for his explorations of the boundaries between fact and literary art, particularly in works that helped spark debates about truth in creative nonfiction.
E1315862 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: John D’Agata | Statement: [The Lifespan of a Fact (stage play), basedOnWorkBy, John D’Agata]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John D’Agata
Context triple: [The Lifespan of a Fact (stage play), basedOnWorkBy, John D’Agata]
  • A. Paul Hartnett
    Paul Hartnett is a relatively obscure individual whose primary distinguishing feature is sharing the Hartnett surname, with no widely recognized public achievements or roles documented.
  • B. Gordon Lish
    Gordon Lish is an American editor, writer, and teacher best known for his influential and often radical editing of prominent authors such as Raymond Carver.
  • C. Philip Straub
    Philip Straub is a professional illustrator and concept artist known for his work on book covers and imaginative, atmospheric digital art.
  • D. Samuel Dracutt
    Samuel Dracutt was a historical figure after whom the town of Dracut, Massachusetts, was named, likely an early landowner or prominent local settler.
  • E. Marvin Bell
    Marvin Bell was an influential American poet and longtime teacher whose work and mentorship shaped generations of contemporary writers.
  • 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: John D’Agata
Triple: [The Lifespan of a Fact (stage play), basedOnWorkBy, John D’Agata]
Generated description
John D’Agata is an American essayist and nonfiction writer known for his explorations of the boundaries between fact and literary art, particularly in works that helped spark debates about truth in creative nonfiction.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John D’Agata
Target entity description: John D’Agata is an American essayist and nonfiction writer known for his explorations of the boundaries between fact and literary art, particularly in works that helped spark debates about truth in creative nonfiction.
  • A. Paul Hartnett
    Paul Hartnett is a relatively obscure individual whose primary distinguishing feature is sharing the Hartnett surname, with no widely recognized public achievements or roles documented.
  • B. Gordon Lish
    Gordon Lish is an American editor, writer, and teacher best known for his influential and often radical editing of prominent authors such as Raymond Carver.
  • C. Philip Straub
    Philip Straub is a professional illustrator and concept artist known for his work on book covers and imaginative, atmospheric digital art.
  • D. Samuel Dracutt
    Samuel Dracutt was a historical figure after whom the town of Dracut, Massachusetts, was named, likely an early landowner or prominent local settler.
  • E. Marvin Bell
    Marvin Bell was an influential American poet and longtime teacher whose work and mentorship shaped generations of contemporary writers.
  • 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_69d8b913351c8190932b6a426de04b41 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4ff76a1208190abbe6ab8720ed154 completed April 19, 2026, 4:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03b3f21ac0819081083bfcc7f59b4e completed May 12, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03b7cb11808190b2a2e532a7ae9f2b completed May 12, 2026, 11:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03b82f60408190a927ca4322a9e42d completed May 12, 2026, 11:30 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:34 a.m.