Triple
T20746425
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Donald E. Westlake |
E510595
|
entity |
| Predicate | pseudonym |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Samuel Holt
Samuel Holt is a pseudonym used by American crime and mystery novelist Donald E. Westlake for a series of detective novels.
|
E1464394
|
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: Samuel Holt | Statement: [Donald E. Westlake, pseudonym, Samuel Holt]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Holt Context triple: [Donald E. Westlake, pseudonym, Samuel Holt]
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A.
Samuel H. Smith
Samuel H. Smith was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and one of the first missionaries of the Church of Christ founded by his brother Joseph Smith.
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B.
Samuel Franklin
Samuel Franklin was a lesser-known sibling in the large Franklin family that produced the famed American statesman and inventor Benjamin Franklin.
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C.
Joseph Holbrook
Joseph Holbrook is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably associated with the surname Holbrook but who has no widely documented public prominence.
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D.
Philip Spaulding
Philip Spaulding is a central fictional character on the soap opera "Guiding Light," known as a wealthy and often conflicted member of the influential Spaulding family.
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E.
John Holbrook
John Holbrook is an Anglican bishop who has served as the Bishop of Brixworth in the Church of England.
- 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: Samuel Holt Triple: [Donald E. Westlake, pseudonym, Samuel Holt]
Generated description
Samuel Holt is a pseudonym used by American crime and mystery novelist Donald E. Westlake for a series of detective novels.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Holt Target entity description: Samuel Holt is a pseudonym used by American crime and mystery novelist Donald E. Westlake for a series of detective novels.
-
A.
Samuel H. Smith
Samuel H. Smith was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and one of the first missionaries of the Church of Christ founded by his brother Joseph Smith.
-
B.
Samuel Franklin
Samuel Franklin was a lesser-known sibling in the large Franklin family that produced the famed American statesman and inventor Benjamin Franklin.
-
C.
Joseph Holbrook
Joseph Holbrook is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably associated with the surname Holbrook but who has no widely documented public prominence.
-
D.
Philip Spaulding
Philip Spaulding is a central fictional character on the soap opera "Guiding Light," known as a wealthy and often conflicted member of the influential Spaulding family.
-
E.
John Holbrook
John Holbrook is an Anglican bishop who has served as the Bishop of Brixworth in the Church of England.
- 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_69e0b4c845e88190b4c5f3ae79291182 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c225c564819088f2461467698095 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:17 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a09505371f88190be5f78af8f2d3103 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 5:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0951393c488190b7c1b5a6d2217576 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a09517ddfc08190bfc97025e81d370c |
completed | May 17, 2026, 5:26 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:33 p.m.