Triple
T23196241
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | American Tabloid |
E579875
|
entity |
| Predicate | protagonist |
P268
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Pete Bondurant
Pete Bondurant is a violent, morally ambiguous ex-cop and enforcer who serves as one of the central antiheroes navigating crime and political conspiracy in James Ellroy’s novel *American Tabloid*.
|
E1575334
|
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: Pete Bondurant | Statement: [American Tabloid, protagonist, Pete Bondurant]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pete Bondurant Context triple: [American Tabloid, protagonist, Pete Bondurant]
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A.
Jack Bondurant
Jack Bondurant is a fictional Prohibition-era bootlegger and the youngest of the Bondurant brothers in the crime drama film "Lawless."
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B.
Donald Bisset
Donald Bisset was a British actor and children's author known for his character roles in film and television as well as his imaginative stories for young readers.
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C.
Billy Crawford
Billy Crawford is a Filipino-American singer, songwriter, dancer, and television host known for his pop and R&B music career and for hosting various talent shows in the Philippines and abroad.
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D.
Lester Burdon
Lester Burdon is a conflicted police officer whose personal and moral struggles drive much of the tension and tragedy in the novel and film "House of Sand and Fog."
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E.
John Olsen
John Olsen was a prominent Australian painter and printmaker renowned for his vibrant, abstracted landscapes and major contributions to contemporary Australian art.
- 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: Pete Bondurant Triple: [American Tabloid, protagonist, Pete Bondurant]
Generated description
Pete Bondurant is a violent, morally ambiguous ex-cop and enforcer who serves as one of the central antiheroes navigating crime and political conspiracy in James Ellroy’s novel *American Tabloid*.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pete Bondurant Target entity description: Pete Bondurant is a violent, morally ambiguous ex-cop and enforcer who serves as one of the central antiheroes navigating crime and political conspiracy in James Ellroy’s novel *American Tabloid*.
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A.
Jack Bondurant
Jack Bondurant is a fictional Prohibition-era bootlegger and the youngest of the Bondurant brothers in the crime drama film "Lawless."
-
B.
Donald Bisset
Donald Bisset was a British actor and children's author known for his character roles in film and television as well as his imaginative stories for young readers.
-
C.
Billy Crawford
Billy Crawford is a Filipino-American singer, songwriter, dancer, and television host known for his pop and R&B music career and for hosting various talent shows in the Philippines and abroad.
-
D.
Lester Burdon
Lester Burdon is a conflicted police officer whose personal and moral struggles drive much of the tension and tragedy in the novel and film "House of Sand and Fog."
-
E.
John Olsen
John Olsen was a prominent Australian painter and printmaker renowned for his vibrant, abstracted landscapes and major contributions to contemporary Australian art.
- 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_69e24600eed08190bd7e5295653a1503 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f18fdb279c81908dcc46f2786a86cd |
completed | April 29, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0c30bebfe48190944c0933ea100b11 |
completed | May 19, 2026, 9:43 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0c330135cc8190b5a0e512bda6277d |
completed | May 19, 2026, 9:53 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0c375dd5a4819097a80ae43a1c4442 |
completed | May 19, 2026, 10:11 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:06 p.m.