Triple

T23111454
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lincoln's Dreams E576330 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object Jeff Johnston
Jeff Johnston is a central character in Connie Willis's novel "Lincoln's Dreams," a young historical researcher drawn into a mysterious case involving Civil War dreams and possible reincarnation.
E1571391 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: Jeff Johnston | Statement: [Lincoln's Dreams, hasCharacter, Jeff Johnston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jeff Johnston
Context triple: [Lincoln's Dreams, hasCharacter, Jeff Johnston]
  • A. Patrick Pewterschmidt
    Patrick Pewterschmidt is a recurring character on the animated TV show "Family Guy," known as Lois Griffin’s mentally unstable brother with a dark and disturbing personality.
  • B. Mike Estep
    Mike Estep is a former American professional tennis player and coach best known for working with top players including Martina Navratilova.
  • C. Todd Keller
    Todd Keller is a musician best known for his past role as a member of the American psychedelic rock band The Black Angels.
  • D. Todd Keller
    Todd Keller is a video game art director best known for leading the visual design of the acclaimed first-person adventure game Metroid Prime.
  • E. W. Scott Darling
    W. Scott Darling was an American screenwriter and film producer known for his work on early 20th-century mystery, comedy, and horror films, including several entries in the Sherlock Holmes and Abbott and Costello series.
  • 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: Jeff Johnston
Triple: [Lincoln's Dreams, hasCharacter, Jeff Johnston]
Generated description
Jeff Johnston is a central character in Connie Willis's novel "Lincoln's Dreams," a young historical researcher drawn into a mysterious case involving Civil War dreams and possible reincarnation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jeff Johnston
Target entity description: Jeff Johnston is a central character in Connie Willis's novel "Lincoln's Dreams," a young historical researcher drawn into a mysterious case involving Civil War dreams and possible reincarnation.
  • A. Patrick Pewterschmidt
    Patrick Pewterschmidt is a recurring character on the animated TV show "Family Guy," known as Lois Griffin’s mentally unstable brother with a dark and disturbing personality.
  • B. Mike Estep
    Mike Estep is a former American professional tennis player and coach best known for working with top players including Martina Navratilova.
  • C. Todd Keller
    Todd Keller is a musician best known for his past role as a member of the American psychedelic rock band The Black Angels.
  • D. Todd Keller
    Todd Keller is a video game art director best known for leading the visual design of the acclaimed first-person adventure game Metroid Prime.
  • E. W. Scott Darling
    W. Scott Darling was an American screenwriter and film producer known for his work on early 20th-century mystery, comedy, and horror films, including several entries in the Sherlock Holmes and Abbott and Costello series.
  • 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_69e245f4af548190898d434a64a1e774 completed April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f18e0f4d188190a9395074c630ab0d completed April 29, 2026, 4:50 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c23ea3e908190baf83cd72e23bbb7 completed May 19, 2026, 8:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c28ed782c8190a60cf2212a1e7861 completed May 19, 2026, 9:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c29bca4c08190a29d4204c75b333f completed May 19, 2026, 9:13 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:58 p.m.