Triple

T18638048
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan stories E455605 entity
Predicate protagonistRealName P29319 FINISHED
Object John Clayton
John Clayton is the aristocratic Englishman better known as Tarzan, the iconic jungle hero created by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
 E1335445 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 Clayton | Statement: [Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan stories, protagonistRealName, John Clayton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Clayton
Context triple: [Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan stories, protagonistRealName, John Clayton]
  • A. John Clayton
    John Clayton was an 18th-century English-born botanist and plant collector in colonial Virginia whose work significantly contributed to early North American botany.
  • B. John Clayton
    John Clayton is an acclaimed American jazz bassist, composer, arranger, and bandleader known for his work with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and collaborations with numerous jazz greats.
  • C. John Clayton
    John Clayton was a prominent American sports journalist and NFL insider best known for his long tenure covering professional football for ESPN.
  • D. Christopher Clayton
    Christopher Clayton is a distinguished geoscientist recognized for his significant contributions to the Earth sciences, as evidenced by his receipt of the prestigious William Smith Medal.
  • E. Dr. Clayton Forrester
    Dr. Clayton Forrester is the heroic scientist protagonist who leads the human response to the Martian invasion in the 1953 science fiction film "The War of the Worlds."
  • 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 Clayton
Triple: [Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan stories, protagonistRealName, John Clayton]
Generated description
John Clayton is the aristocratic Englishman better known as Tarzan, the iconic jungle hero created by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Clayton
Target entity description: John Clayton is the aristocratic Englishman better known as Tarzan, the iconic jungle hero created by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
  • A. John Clayton
    John Clayton is an acclaimed American jazz bassist, composer, arranger, and bandleader known for his work with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and collaborations with numerous jazz greats.
  • B. John Clayton
    John Clayton was an 18th-century English-born botanist and plant collector in colonial Virginia whose work significantly contributed to early North American botany.
  • C. John Clayton
    John Clayton was a prominent American sports journalist and NFL insider best known for his long tenure covering professional football for ESPN.
  • D. Christopher Clayton
    Christopher Clayton is a distinguished geoscientist recognized for his significant contributions to the Earth sciences, as evidenced by his receipt of the prestigious William Smith Medal.
  • E. Dr. Clayton Forrester
    Dr. Clayton Forrester is the heroic scientist protagonist who leads the human response to the Martian invasion in the 1953 science fiction film "The War of the Worlds."
  • 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_69d8d38cc7948190a55ea64e5638994e completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e54fc9fa6c81909e1b988bdfb5ebcc completed April 19, 2026, 9:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a050d822f0c8190988c9116cb7e3788 completed May 13, 2026, 11:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0512c6433c81908d3d82f330276c2a completed May 14, 2026, 12:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a05146f88cc8190bd2c91b966e24725 completed May 14, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:47 a.m.