Triple

T20839500
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Barry Maitland E513053 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object David Brock
David Brock is a fictional Scotland Yard detective and the central character in Barry Maitland’s crime novel series.
 E1452821 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: David Brock | Statement: [Barry Maitland, hasCharacter, David Brock]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Brock
Context triple: [Barry Maitland, hasCharacter, David Brock]
  • A. David Brock
    David Brock is an American political operative and media figure known for his transformation from conservative journalist to prominent liberal activist and founder of the media watchdog group Media Matters for America.
  • B. David Sirota
    David Sirota is an American journalist, author, and political commentator who co-wrote the screenplay for the satirical disaster film "Don't Look Up."
  • C. Howard Kurtz
    Howard Kurtz is an American journalist and media critic best known for hosting media analysis programs on Fox News and CNN and for his long-running media column in The Washington Post.
  • D. John Nichols
    John Nichols is an American local politician serving as the mayor of College Station, Texas.
  • E. John Nichols
    John Nichols is an American journalist and author known for his progressive political commentary and work with The Nation magazine.
  • 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: David Brock
Triple: [Barry Maitland, hasCharacter, David Brock]
Generated description
David Brock is a fictional Scotland Yard detective and the central character in Barry Maitland’s crime novel series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Brock
Target entity description: David Brock is a fictional Scotland Yard detective and the central character in Barry Maitland’s crime novel series.
  • A. David Brock
    David Brock is an American political operative and media figure known for his transformation from conservative journalist to prominent liberal activist and founder of the media watchdog group Media Matters for America.
  • B. David Sirota
    David Sirota is an American journalist, author, and political commentator who co-wrote the screenplay for the satirical disaster film "Don't Look Up."
  • C. Howard Kurtz
    Howard Kurtz is an American journalist and media critic best known for hosting media analysis programs on Fox News and CNN and for his long-running media column in The Washington Post.
  • D. John Nichols
    John Nichols is an American local politician serving as the mayor of College Station, Texas.
  • E. John Nichols
    John Nichols is an American journalist and author known for his progressive political commentary and work with The Nation magazine.
  • 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_69e0b4cf62a88190bbf92351e9e57259 completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c34a60848190b33078172675f8d7 completed April 21, 2026, 12:22 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0900881d48819089884c0d203c7173 completed May 16, 2026, 11:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09011902f08190901eb097566807bd completed May 16, 2026, 11:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a090214d16c8190a3f4bf2211c9ef10 completed May 16, 2026, 11:47 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:42 p.m.