Triple

T20663655
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lawrence Block E507824 entity
Predicate notableSeries P3199 FINISHED
Object Matthew Scudder
Matthew Scudder is a fictional ex-cop turned unlicensed private investigator in New York City, best known as the hard-boiled protagonist of Lawrence Block’s long-running crime novel series.
E876178 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: Matthew Scudder | Statement: [Lawrence Block, notableSeries, Matthew Scudder]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matthew Scudder
Context triple: [Lawrence Block, notableSeries, Matthew Scudder]
  • A. M. T. Scudder
    M. T. Scudder is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Scudder.
  • B. Ed McBain
    Ed McBain was the pen name of American author Evan Hunter, best known for his influential 87th Precinct police procedural novels and his significant impact on modern crime fiction.
  • C. Harry Caul
    Harry Caul is a reclusive, morally conflicted surveillance expert whose obsessive dedication to privacy and professional detachment drives the psychological tension in the film.
  • D. Philip Marlow
    Philip Marlow is the fictional, psychologically complex mystery writer and patient at the center of Dennis Potter’s television serial "The Singing Detective," where his hallucinations and noir fantasies intertwine with his real-life illness.
  • E. Harry Block
    Harry Block is the neurotic, self-absorbed writer protagonist of Woody Allen’s film "Deconstructing Harry," whose chaotic personal life fuels his fiction.
  • 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: Matthew Scudder
Triple: [Lawrence Block, notableSeries, Matthew Scudder]
Generated description
Matthew Scudder is a fictional ex-cop turned unlicensed private investigator in New York City, best known as the hard-boiled protagonist of Lawrence Block’s long-running crime novel series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matthew Scudder
Target entity description: Matthew Scudder is a fictional ex-cop turned unlicensed private investigator in New York City, best known as the hard-boiled protagonist of Lawrence Block’s long-running crime novel series.
  • A. M. T. Scudder chosen
    M. T. Scudder is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Scudder.
  • B. Ed McBain
    Ed McBain was the pen name of American author Evan Hunter, best known for his influential 87th Precinct police procedural novels and his significant impact on modern crime fiction.
  • C. Harry Caul
    Harry Caul is a reclusive, morally conflicted surveillance expert whose obsessive dedication to privacy and professional detachment drives the psychological tension in the film.
  • D. Philip Marlow
    Philip Marlow is the fictional, psychologically complex mystery writer and patient at the center of Dennis Potter’s television serial "The Singing Detective," where his hallucinations and noir fantasies intertwine with his real-life illness.
  • E. Harry Block
    Harry Block is the neurotic, self-absorbed writer protagonist of Woody Allen’s film "Deconstructing Harry," whose chaotic personal life fuels his fiction.
  • F. None of above.

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_69e6b2f4872481908858eb88ce89dd47 completed April 20, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08cd5d0da481909eebd69b8b314503 completed May 16, 2026, 8:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08d175206c8190b119bb1a2d06462f completed May 16, 2026, 8:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08d293523c8190aaa01c6c73c9afd5 completed May 16, 2026, 8:24 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:44 a.m.