Triple

T20661643
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject From a Buick 8 E507772 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object Curtis Wilcox
Curtis Wilcox is a Pennsylvania state trooper in Stephen King’s novel "From a Buick 8," whose mysterious death after discovering an otherworldly car sets the story’s central investigation in motion.
E1447603 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: Curtis Wilcox | Statement: [From a Buick 8, hasCharacter, Curtis Wilcox]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Curtis Wilcox
Context triple: [From a Buick 8, hasCharacter, Curtis Wilcox]
  • A. Curtis Hixon
    Curtis Hixon was a prominent Tampa, Florida mayor and civic leader whose contributions to the city led to major public landmarks being named in his honor.
  • B. Curtis Watrouse
    Curtis Watrouse is known as the parent of American actor Jesse Bradford.
  • C. John Wilcox
    John Wilcox was a British cinematographer known for his work on mid-20th-century films, particularly war and adventure movies.
  • D. Curtis Stinson
    Curtis Stinson is an American professional basketball player and standout point guard known for his prolific career in the NBA Development League and overseas after starring at Iowa State University.
  • E. Larry Wilcox
    Larry Wilcox is an American actor best known for playing Officer Jon Baker on the television series "CHiPs."
  • 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: Curtis Wilcox
Triple: [From a Buick 8, hasCharacter, Curtis Wilcox]
Generated description
Curtis Wilcox is a Pennsylvania state trooper in Stephen King’s novel "From a Buick 8," whose mysterious death after discovering an otherworldly car sets the story’s central investigation in motion.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Curtis Wilcox
Target entity description: Curtis Wilcox is a Pennsylvania state trooper in Stephen King’s novel "From a Buick 8," whose mysterious death after discovering an otherworldly car sets the story’s central investigation in motion.
  • A. Curtis Hixon
    Curtis Hixon was a prominent Tampa, Florida mayor and civic leader whose contributions to the city led to major public landmarks being named in his honor.
  • B. Curtis Watrouse
    Curtis Watrouse is known as the parent of American actor Jesse Bradford.
  • C. John Wilcox
    John Wilcox was a British cinematographer known for his work on mid-20th-century films, particularly war and adventure movies.
  • D. Curtis Stinson
    Curtis Stinson is an American professional basketball player and standout point guard known for his prolific career in the NBA Development League and overseas after starring at Iowa State University.
  • E. Larry Wilcox
    Larry Wilcox is an American actor best known for playing Officer Jon Baker on the television series "CHiPs."
  • 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_69e0b4c059bc81908ea762cd73ea4424 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6b2f2ee4081908df9ba897c9dfc98 completed April 20, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08e0430ea48190b0ce649e7675c965 completed May 16, 2026, 9:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08e3c71e308190a3083985274e6af5 completed May 16, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08e43291f48190bd8966ac2b8df38f completed May 16, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:44 a.m.