Triple

T20702381
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American Fiction E508815 entity
Predicate basedOnAuthor P2806 FINISHED
Object Percival Everett
Percival Everett is an acclaimed American novelist and academic known for his genre-defying, satirical, and philosophically rich works that often explore race, identity, and the absurdities of American culture.
E1445224 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: Percival Everett | Statement: [American Fiction, basedOnAuthor, Percival Everett]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Percival Everett
Context triple: [American Fiction, basedOnAuthor, Percival Everett]
  • A. William Faulks
    William Faulks is known as the son of British novelist Sebastian Faulks.
  • B. Nicholson Baker
    Nicholson Baker is an American novelist and essayist known for his meticulous attention to everyday detail, inventive prose style, and works such as "The Mezzanine" and "Vox."
  • C. Blake Tarr
    Blake Tarr is a character in the comic strip and film "Friday Foster," typically portrayed as a wealthy, influential figure involved in the story’s central intrigue.
  • D. Ben Fountain
    Ben Fountain is an American author best known for his acclaimed novel "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk," a satirical exploration of war, media, and American culture.
  • E. F. S. Ellis
    F. S. Ellis was a 19th-century English publisher and bookseller known for issuing works by prominent Pre-Raphaelite and Victorian authors, including William Morris.
  • 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: Percival Everett
Triple: [American Fiction, basedOnAuthor, Percival Everett]
Generated description
Percival Everett is an acclaimed American novelist and academic known for his genre-defying, satirical, and philosophically rich works that often explore race, identity, and the absurdities of American culture.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Percival Everett
Target entity description: Percival Everett is an acclaimed American novelist and academic known for his genre-defying, satirical, and philosophically rich works that often explore race, identity, and the absurdities of American culture.
  • A. William Faulks
    William Faulks is known as the son of British novelist Sebastian Faulks.
  • B. Nicholson Baker
    Nicholson Baker is an American novelist and essayist known for his meticulous attention to everyday detail, inventive prose style, and works such as "The Mezzanine" and "Vox."
  • C. Blake Tarr
    Blake Tarr is a character in the comic strip and film "Friday Foster," typically portrayed as a wealthy, influential figure involved in the story’s central intrigue.
  • D. Ben Fountain
    Ben Fountain is an American author best known for his acclaimed novel "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk," a satirical exploration of war, media, and American culture.
  • E. F. S. Ellis
    F. S. Ellis was a 19th-century English publisher and bookseller known for issuing works by prominent Pre-Raphaelite and Victorian authors, including William Morris.
  • 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_69e0b4c2b2a481909e31e9cb8f81ab55 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c18cb9cc819095d0669dca037424 completed April 21, 2026, 12:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08d7f035f4819088fd2f0563a3ebda completed May 16, 2026, 8:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08d8aa839c81908be2c3e5c8f54ef5 completed May 16, 2026, 8:50 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08d9784a08819080de2a65fc129e94 completed May 16, 2026, 8:54 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:12 p.m.