Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brooks E221862 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object David Brooks
David Brooks is an American conservative political and cultural commentator, author, and longtime columnist for The New York Times.
E786136 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 Brooks | Statement: [Brooks, hasNotableBearer, David Brooks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Brooks
Context triple: [Brooks, hasNotableBearer, David Brooks]
  • A. Bret Stephens
    Bret Stephens is an American conservative journalist and columnist known for his incisive political commentary and foreign policy analysis.
  • B. George F. Will
    George F. Will is a prominent American conservative political commentator, columnist, and author known for his erudite writing and long-running syndicated columns on U.S. politics and public affairs.
  • C. Michael Kinsley
    Michael Kinsley is an American political journalist and commentator known for his influential work in opinion journalism and his leadership roles at several major publications.
  • D. Frank Rich
    Frank Rich is an American essayist and former New York Times theater critic who later became a prominent television producer and creative consultant, notably on acclaimed HBO series.
  • E. Rich Lowry
    Rich Lowry is an American conservative political commentator, author, and longtime editor-in-chief of the National Review 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 Brooks
Triple: [Brooks, hasNotableBearer, David Brooks]
Generated description
David Brooks is an American conservative political and cultural commentator, author, and longtime columnist for The New York Times.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Brooks
Target entity description: David Brooks is an American conservative political and cultural commentator, author, and longtime columnist for The New York Times.
  • A. Bret Stephens
    Bret Stephens is an American conservative journalist and columnist known for his incisive political commentary and foreign policy analysis.
  • B. George F. Will
    George F. Will is a prominent American conservative political commentator, columnist, and author known for his erudite writing and long-running syndicated columns on U.S. politics and public affairs.
  • C. Michael Kinsley
    Michael Kinsley is an American political journalist and commentator known for his influential work in opinion journalism and his leadership roles at several major publications.
  • D. Frank Rich
    Frank Rich is an American essayist and former New York Times theater critic who later became a prominent television producer and creative consultant, notably on acclaimed HBO series.
  • E. Rich Lowry
    Rich Lowry is an American conservative political commentator, author, and longtime editor-in-chief of the National Review 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_69ca83ed628c8190bc02d641e57f097f completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ccee1a7e9881908e0c11f242162017 completed April 1, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d077bb5b10819083fd2de3ed7d69a4 completed April 4, 2026, 2:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d079227348819083cc2c1bb36831f0 completed April 4, 2026, 2:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d07980eb1481909450ec1e6537587f completed April 4, 2026, 2:37 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:29 p.m.