Triple
T20746431
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Donald E. Westlake |
E510595
|
entity |
| Predicate | pseudonym |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
P. N. Castor
P. N. Castor is a lesser-known pseudonym used by American crime and mystery novelist Donald E. Westlake.
|
E1448580
|
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: P. N. Castor | Statement: [Donald E. Westlake, pseudonym, P. N. Castor]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: P. N. Castor Context triple: [Donald E. Westlake, pseudonym, P. N. Castor]
-
A.
Nicholas Sagan
Nicholas Sagan is the son of science communicator Ann Druyan and famed astronomer Carl Sagan.
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B.
Nicholas B. Suntzeff
Nicholas B. Suntzeff is an American astronomer and cosmologist best known as a co-founder of the High-z Supernova Search Team, whose observations of distant supernovae provided key evidence for the accelerating expansion of the universe.
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C.
John O'Dell
John O'Dell is a musician known for performing with the Celtic-influenced band O'Malley's March.
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D.
F. D. Drake
F. D. Drake is an astronomer and astrophysicist best known for formulating the Drake Equation to estimate the number of communicative extraterrestrial civilizations in the galaxy.
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E.
R. A. Knop
R. A. Knop is an astrophysicist known for his contributions to observational cosmology and the study of distant supernovae used to probe the expansion of the universe.
- 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: P. N. Castor Triple: [Donald E. Westlake, pseudonym, P. N. Castor]
Generated description
P. N. Castor is a lesser-known pseudonym used by American crime and mystery novelist Donald E. Westlake.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: P. N. Castor Target entity description: P. N. Castor is a lesser-known pseudonym used by American crime and mystery novelist Donald E. Westlake.
-
A.
Nicholas Sagan
Nicholas Sagan is the son of science communicator Ann Druyan and famed astronomer Carl Sagan.
-
B.
Nicholas B. Suntzeff
Nicholas B. Suntzeff is an American astronomer and cosmologist best known as a co-founder of the High-z Supernova Search Team, whose observations of distant supernovae provided key evidence for the accelerating expansion of the universe.
-
C.
John O'Dell
John O'Dell is a musician known for performing with the Celtic-influenced band O'Malley's March.
-
D.
F. D. Drake
F. D. Drake is an astronomer and astrophysicist best known for formulating the Drake Equation to estimate the number of communicative extraterrestrial civilizations in the galaxy.
-
E.
R. A. Knop
R. A. Knop is an astrophysicist known for his contributions to observational cosmology and the study of distant supernovae used to probe the expansion of the universe.
- 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_6a08e84274d08190a851de1f415bcbc6 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 9:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a08e8fc1d6c819083f06debaa3bec24 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 10 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a08e98a594c8190b3a2d9ae7e3af4f7 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 10:02 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:33 p.m.