Triple

T19194953
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Horace McCoy E469941 entity
Predicate wrote P2831 FINISHED
Object Scalps
Scalps is a hardboiled crime novel by American writer Horace McCoy, known for its gritty depiction of violence and moral decay.
 E1362195 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: Scalps | Statement: [Horace McCoy, wrote, Scalps]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Scalps
Context triple: [Horace McCoy, wrote, Scalps]
  • A. The Scalp Hunters
    The Scalp Hunters is an 1851 adventure novel by Thomas Mayne Reid that follows a perilous expedition across the American Southwest, depicting frontier life, Native American conflicts, and the brutal trade in scalps.
  • B. Headsprung
    Headsprung is a song by American rapper LL Cool J, released in 2004 as a crunk-influenced single from his album "The DEFinition."
  • C. Leatherheads
    Leatherheads is a 2008 sports comedy film set in the early days of professional American football, directed by and starring George Clooney alongside John Krasinski and Renée Zellweger.
  • D. Wearhead
    Wearhead is a small village in County Durham, England, situated in the upper Weardale valley where the River Wear begins its course.
  • E. The Beard
    The Beard is the widely recognized nickname of NBA star James Harden, known for his prolific scoring and distinctive facial hair.
  • 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: Scalps
Triple: [Horace McCoy, wrote, Scalps]
Generated description
Scalps is a hardboiled crime novel by American writer Horace McCoy, known for its gritty depiction of violence and moral decay.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Scalps
Target entity description: Scalps is a hardboiled crime novel by American writer Horace McCoy, known for its gritty depiction of violence and moral decay.
  • A. The Scalp Hunters
    The Scalp Hunters is an 1851 adventure novel by Thomas Mayne Reid that follows a perilous expedition across the American Southwest, depicting frontier life, Native American conflicts, and the brutal trade in scalps.
  • B. Headsprung
    Headsprung is a song by American rapper LL Cool J, released in 2004 as a crunk-influenced single from his album "The DEFinition."
  • C. Leatherheads
    Leatherheads is a 2008 sports comedy film set in the early days of professional American football, directed by and starring George Clooney alongside John Krasinski and Renée Zellweger.
  • D. Wearhead
    Wearhead is a small village in County Durham, England, situated in the upper Weardale valley where the River Wear begins its course.
  • E. The Beard
    The Beard is the widely recognized nickname of NBA star James Harden, known for his prolific scoring and distinctive facial hair.
  • 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_69d8dd0ad9088190a173b32657ae2e7a completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5f8a4d6b4819083fc5dd4dab05811 completed April 20, 2026, 9:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a06f8c02c0c8190a950aafa397162ce completed May 15, 2026, 10:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a06f948932c8190a4ce08178c00b251 completed May 15, 2026, 10:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a06f9e1fb708190958c64fd38d32d04 completed May 15, 2026, 10:48 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:07 p.m.