Triple

T20711096
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thieves Like Us E509041 entity
Predicate author P4 FINISHED
Object Edward Anderson
Edward Anderson was an American novelist best known for his Depression-era crime novel "Thieves Like Us," which inspired several film adaptations.
E1446532 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: Edward Anderson | Statement: [Thieves Like Us, author, Edward Anderson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Anderson
Context triple: [Thieves Like Us, author, Edward Anderson]
  • A. Henry Allerton
    Henry Allerton was a member of the Allerton family associated with early colonial New England, likely connected to Mayflower passenger and Plymouth Colony leader Isaac Allerton.
  • B. Robert Adolph Wilton Morley
    Robert Adolph Wilton Morley was a distinguished English character actor and playwright, renowned for his portly figure, expressive face, and comedic roles in British and international cinema from the 1930s to the 1980s.
  • C. James Murray Mason
    James Murray Mason was a 19th-century American politician and Confederate diplomat best known for his role in the Trent Affair during the American Civil War.
  • D. Henry Gayden
    Henry Gayden is an American screenwriter best known for writing the superhero film "Shazam!" and its sequel in the DC Extended Universe.
  • E. William Allerton
    William Allerton was a member of the Allerton family of early colonial New England, known primarily as the brother of Mayflower passenger and Plymouth Colony figure Isaac Allerton.
  • 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: Edward Anderson
Triple: [Thieves Like Us, author, Edward Anderson]
Generated description
Edward Anderson was an American novelist best known for his Depression-era crime novel "Thieves Like Us," which inspired several film adaptations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Anderson
Target entity description: Edward Anderson was an American novelist best known for his Depression-era crime novel "Thieves Like Us," which inspired several film adaptations.
  • A. Henry Allerton
    Henry Allerton was a member of the Allerton family associated with early colonial New England, likely connected to Mayflower passenger and Plymouth Colony leader Isaac Allerton.
  • B. Robert Adolph Wilton Morley
    Robert Adolph Wilton Morley was a distinguished English character actor and playwright, renowned for his portly figure, expressive face, and comedic roles in British and international cinema from the 1930s to the 1980s.
  • C. James Murray Mason
    James Murray Mason was a 19th-century American politician and Confederate diplomat best known for his role in the Trent Affair during the American Civil War.
  • D. Henry Gayden
    Henry Gayden is an American screenwriter best known for writing the superhero film "Shazam!" and its sequel in the DC Extended Universe.
  • E. William Allerton
    William Allerton was a member of the Allerton family of early colonial New England, known primarily as the brother of Mayflower passenger and Plymouth Colony figure Isaac Allerton.
  • 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_69e0b4c40ad88190b81f77695366d328 completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c1cdcaac8190b9ba82d489fb3bfc completed April 21, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08e04d605c8190a00df9f7c303d314 completed May 16, 2026, 9:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08e0d409d48190bca2fb8c60b8ce08 completed May 16, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08e164ef8c8190b482f2cc0f43acce completed May 16, 2026, 9:28 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:14 p.m.