Triple

T23196242
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American Tabloid E579875 entity
Predicate protagonist P268 FINISHED
Object Kemper Boyd
Kemper Boyd is a central fictional character in James Ellroy’s crime novel "American Tabloid," depicted as a morally ambiguous operative entangled in the dark underbelly of U.S. politics and organized crime.
E1579413 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: Kemper Boyd | Statement: [American Tabloid, protagonist, Kemper Boyd]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kemper Boyd
Context triple: [American Tabloid, protagonist, Kemper Boyd]
  • A. Boyd Tinsley
    Boyd Tinsley is an American violinist and composer best known as a longtime member of the Dave Matthews Band.
  • B. Boyd Parham
    Boyd Parham is a central character in Cormac McCarthy’s novel "The Crossing," depicted as a young cowboy whose journeys across the U.S.–Mexico border confront him with loss, violence, and existential uncertainty.
  • C. Mahlon Dickerson
    Mahlon Dickerson was a 19th-century American politician who served as Governor of New Jersey, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of the Navy.
  • D. John Brasfield
    John Brasfield is the stepchild of American comedian and actor Jack Carter.
  • E. Burley Mitchell
    Burley Mitchell is a former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court and a prominent American jurist.
  • 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: Kemper Boyd
Triple: [American Tabloid, protagonist, Kemper Boyd]
Generated description
Kemper Boyd is a central fictional character in James Ellroy’s crime novel "American Tabloid," depicted as a morally ambiguous operative entangled in the dark underbelly of U.S. politics and organized crime.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kemper Boyd
Target entity description: Kemper Boyd is a central fictional character in James Ellroy’s crime novel "American Tabloid," depicted as a morally ambiguous operative entangled in the dark underbelly of U.S. politics and organized crime.
  • A. Boyd Tinsley
    Boyd Tinsley is an American violinist and composer best known as a longtime member of the Dave Matthews Band.
  • B. Boyd Parham
    Boyd Parham is a central character in Cormac McCarthy’s novel "The Crossing," depicted as a young cowboy whose journeys across the U.S.–Mexico border confront him with loss, violence, and existential uncertainty.
  • C. Mahlon Dickerson
    Mahlon Dickerson was a 19th-century American politician who served as Governor of New Jersey, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of the Navy.
  • D. John Brasfield
    John Brasfield is the stepchild of American comedian and actor Jack Carter.
  • E. Burley Mitchell
    Burley Mitchell is a former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court and a prominent American jurist.
  • 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_6a0c4c74851c8190a2dd8a8787ea1cb4 completed May 19, 2026, 11:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c4e669b6481909f198d1c51b68bf3 completed May 19, 2026, 11:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c4f011a188190b801f2ae0f134356 completed May 19, 2026, 11:52 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:06 p.m.