Triple

T23487761
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jacob Jankowski E570582 entity
Predicate hasOlderVersion P60231 FINISHED
Object Old Jacob Jankowski
Old Jacob Jankowski is the elderly, reflective narrator of Sara Gruen’s novel "Water for Elephants," recounting his youthful experiences with a traveling circus.
E1587612 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Old Jacob Jankowski | Statement: [Jacob Jankowski, hasOlderVersion, Old Jacob Jankowski]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Jacob Jankowski
Context triple: [Jacob Jankowski, hasOlderVersion, Old Jacob Jankowski]
  • A. Alan Gwizdowski
    Alan Gwizdowski is a cinematographer known for his work on the satirical comedy film "Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul."
  • B. John Ogrodnick
    John Ogrodnick is a former Canadian professional ice hockey left winger best known for his high-scoring NHL career, primarily with the Detroit Red Wings, during the 1980s.
  • C. William Zabka
    William Zabka is an American actor best known for playing the rival bully Johnny Lawrence in the Karate Kid film series and its sequel series Cobra Kai.
  • D. Herman Kozik
    Herman Kozik is a supporting member of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club in the TV series "Sons of Anarchy," known for his loyalty, rough-edged demeanor, and complex relationships within the club.
  • E. Jacob Kainen
    Jacob Kainen was an American painter and printmaker associated with abstract expressionism and the Washington, D.C. art scene, known for his influential role in mid-20th-century modern 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: Old Jacob Jankowski
Triple: [Jacob Jankowski, hasOlderVersion, Old Jacob Jankowski]
Generated description
Old Jacob Jankowski is the elderly, reflective narrator of Sara Gruen’s novel "Water for Elephants," recounting his youthful experiences with a traveling circus.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Jacob Jankowski
Target entity description: Old Jacob Jankowski is the elderly, reflective narrator of Sara Gruen’s novel "Water for Elephants," recounting his youthful experiences with a traveling circus.
  • A. Alan Gwizdowski
    Alan Gwizdowski is a cinematographer known for his work on the satirical comedy film "Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul."
  • B. John Ogrodnick
    John Ogrodnick is a former Canadian professional ice hockey left winger best known for his high-scoring NHL career, primarily with the Detroit Red Wings, during the 1980s.
  • C. William Zabka
    William Zabka is an American actor best known for playing the rival bully Johnny Lawrence in the Karate Kid film series and its sequel series Cobra Kai.
  • D. Herman Kozik
    Herman Kozik is a supporting member of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club in the TV series "Sons of Anarchy," known for his loyalty, rough-edged demeanor, and complex relationships within the club.
  • E. Jacob Kainen
    Jacob Kainen was an American painter and printmaker associated with abstract expressionism and the Washington, D.C. art scene, known for his influential role in mid-20th-century modern art.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasOlderVersion
Context triple: [Jacob Jankowski, hasOlderVersion, Old Jacob Jankowski]
  • A. hasEarlierVersion chosen
    Indicates that one entity is an earlier or prior version of another entity in a version sequence.
  • B. hasSmallerVersion
    Indicates that one entity exists as a reduced-size or smaller-scale version of another entity.
  • C. isYoungerVersionOf
    Indicates that one entity represents the same individual as another entity, but at an earlier, younger stage in their life.
  • D. containsNewVersionOf
    Indicates that one entity includes or embeds a newer version of another entity.
  • E. hasSubsequentVersion
    Indicates that one entity is a later or updated version that follows another entity in a version sequence.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69e245b0b01481908f636939bedd804c completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1a7d9cc08819084c532b069f867ee completed April 29, 2026, 6:40 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c826c2cb88190962f0c032cf4d2ec completed May 19, 2026, 3:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0ca6f159488190bcde44676ddce593 completed May 19, 2026, 6:07 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0ca754878c8190a918fa3b349fd970 completed May 19, 2026, 6:09 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69f0620ac3608190b36916261ea50f54 completed April 28, 2026, 7:30 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 6:04 p.m.